title: Granulomatous myositis associated with brucellosis: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Brucellosis, a multisystem infectious disorder, continues to be a serious public health problem in some parts of the world. Neurobrucellosis constitutes about 4% of all brucellosis cases. Brucellosis-associated myositis is extremely rare, and there is only 1 reported case in the English literature. We report a 16-year-old boy with subacute, fluctuating, progressive muscle pain, with tenderness, swelling, and diffuse, asymmetric weakness. He also had significantly elevated serum Brucella titers and a muscle biopsy showed inflammatory granulomatous myositis. We review the literature on myositis associated with brucellosis.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia. smkojan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Suleiman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojan
authors.forename: Adel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alothman
authors.forename: Ziad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Althani
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alshehri
authors.forename: Nouf
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khathaami
authors.forename: Abdulrazzaq
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haider
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Jumah
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000293:Adolescent; D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000378:metabolism; D002002:Brucella; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic