encephalomyelitis due to brucellosis

Ocular Disease Due to Brucellosis.

Ocular disease due to brucellosis.

ALL the chronic granulomatous infections may occasionally give rise to ocular disease, and tuberculosis and syphilis are the best known in Great Britain. Brucellosis is an infection which should, at least in its chronic forms, be regarded as an important member of this group, and ought to be remembered as a possibility when the cause of certain eye diseases is being investigated. Standard text-...

Case Report Splenic abscess due to brucellosis

Splenic abscess due to Brucella spp. is extremely rare. We report a case of a splenic abscess due to Brucella spp. in a 61-year-old male patient. Brucella slide and tube agglutination tests (Wright) were positive while blood culture and culture from splenic tissue yielded negative results. The abdominal ultrasonography revealed a hypoechoic intrasplenic mass 15x12 mm in diameter at the middle p...

Pacemaker lead endocarditis due to Brucellosis.

Infection of prosthetic devices or implants is a rare complication of Brucellosis. Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator infections were previously reported in 6 patients. We report the first case of relapsing Brucellosis due to intracardiac lead endocarditis, which resolved only after removing the intracardiac leads and institution of appropriate antimicrobial therapy.

osteomyelitis and endocarditis due to brucellosis

conclusions physicians should consider brucellosis in all patients with low back pain in the brucella endemic regions, and in those with spondylitis or culture-negative ie in the brucella endemic regions. case presentation the current case was a 70-year-old female presented with fever and low back pain. the spinal magnetic resonance imaging (mri) was performed and signal changing in t9, t10 wit...

Severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic diathesis due to brucellosis.

BACKGROUND We aimed to examine cases of brucellosis that presented with severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic diathesis. METHODS A total of 10 brucellosis cases with severe thrombocytopenia were included in this case-series study. Patients' files were reviewed for their clinical and laboratory findings, as well as clinical outcomes and complications. Platelet counts of < 20,000/mm³ were dia...