Brucellosis mimicking enteric fever

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 2009Publisher:Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal:The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, volume 3 (issn: 2036-6590, eissn: 1972-2680,

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Authors: Ayşe Erbay; Hürrem Bodur; Esragül Akıncı; Aliye Baştuğ; Mustafa Aydın Çevik;

doi: 10.3855/jidc.43

pmid: 19759482

Brucellosis mimicking enteric fever

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Abstract

Brucellosis is a systemic infection with multiple presentations. Despite its oral transmission and gastrointestinal pathogenesis, systemic symptoms are usually more prominent than gastrointestinal complaints. We report a patient with enteric fever caused by Brucella melitensis.

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Male, Adolescent, Medical Research, RC31-1245, Microbiology, QR1-502, Brucellosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Brucella melitensis, Humans, Typhoid Fever, Internal medicine

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