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Acute Brucellosis with Splenic Infarcts: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia
Joint Authors
Alyousef, Mishal
Elkhatim, Mohammad
Enani, Mushirah
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-07-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Splenic infarction is an extremely rare and unique presentation of brucellosis.
Only few cases have been reported worldwide.
We here report a case of a young man, presenting with acute onset of fever, left hypochondial pain, and vomiting.
Further evaluation revealed multiple splenic infarcts and positive blood culture for brucellosis despite negative transesophageal echocardiography for endocarditis.
Significant improvement in clinical symptoms and splenic lesions was achieved after six weeks of combination therapy against brucellosis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Alyousef, Mishal& Enani, Mushirah& Elkhatim, Mohammad. 2015. Acute Brucellosis with Splenic Infarcts: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058772
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Alyousef, Mishal…[et al.]. Acute Brucellosis with Splenic Infarcts: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058772
American Medical Association (AMA)
Alyousef, Mishal& Enani, Mushirah& Elkhatim, Mohammad. Acute Brucellosis with Splenic Infarcts: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058772
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1058772