title: Acquired Brucella bacteraemia in a young infant.
abstract: An infant aged 6 weeks presented with failure to thrive since birth, fever and lethargy for 4 days. The child was fed on unpasteurised diluted goat's milk after birth. She was diagnosed to have brucellosis both by blood culture and serology. Her mother's Brucella serology was negative. She was successfully treated with injection amikacin and tablet rifampicin and had satisfactory weight gain thereafter. Acquired brucellosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of failure to thrive in young infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Peadiatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Ambar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
authors.affiliation: Department of Peadiatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India pushpinderdaisy@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Daisy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khera
authors.affiliation: Department of Peadiatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Kuldeep
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9375-3233
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Anuradha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000583:Amikacin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000583:Amikacin; D012293:Rifampin
keywords: Failure to thrive; Infant health; Infections