title: An infant with acute brucellosis presenting with Coombs-positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia: is breastfeeding guilty for transmission?
abstract: Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease that can be transmitted to humans through infected milk and dairy products. There are limited cases with Brucella infection acquired via breastfeeding in infants in the literature. Also, Coombs-positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia as a result of the disease is comparatively rare when considering the other frequent hematologic complications. We report a mother who acquired the infection as a result of consuming infected milk and dairy products after delivery and of her 5-month-old baby, who had acquired the disease via breastfeeding and presented with Coombs-positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Dr Behcet Uz Children's Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hurşit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Apa
authors.forename: Sükran
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.forename: Gamze
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gülfidan
authors.forename: Yöntem
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.forename: Ilker
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Devrim
mesh_terms: D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000818:Animals; D001942:Breast Feeding; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D003298:Coombs Test; D003611:Dairy Products; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008892:Milk; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*