An Atypical Presentation of Brucellosis in a Patient with Isolated Thrombocytopenia Complicated with Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding
Joint Authors
Pala, Cigdem
Baldane, Suleyman
Sivgin, Serdar
Alkan, Tahsin Sezgin
Kurnaz, Fatih
Keklik, Muzaffer
Kaynar, Leylagul
Karaman, Ahmet
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-10-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A 59-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency service with complaints of hematemesis and melena for the last few days.
In laboratory tests, the platelet count was found to be 6×109/L.
Intravenous or oral corticosteroid treatment was thought to be given for ITP but disclaimed due to upper GIS bleeding.
On the 5th day of treatment, Brucella melitensis was isolated from blood culture before the results of Wright tube agglutination tests were reported positive as 1 : 80.
On the second day of the anti-brucellosis treatment, the thrombocyte count was raised from 6000/mm3 to 110000/mm3, and on the 3rd day to 225000/mm3.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Baldane, Suleyman& Sivgin, Serdar& Alkan, Tahsin Sezgin& Kurnaz, Fatih& Pala, Cigdem& Keklik, Muzaffer…[et al.]. 2012. An Atypical Presentation of Brucellosis in a Patient with Isolated Thrombocytopenia Complicated with Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Baldane, Suleyman…[et al.]. An Atypical Presentation of Brucellosis in a Patient with Isolated Thrombocytopenia Complicated with Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Baldane, Suleyman& Sivgin, Serdar& Alkan, Tahsin Sezgin& Kurnaz, Fatih& Pala, Cigdem& Keklik, Muzaffer…[et al.]. An Atypical Presentation of Brucellosis in a Patient with Isolated Thrombocytopenia Complicated with Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding. Case Reports in Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-474365
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-474365