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Endocarditis Caused by Brucella Melitensis

Medical Journal of Australia, 1993
To describe the management of an uncommon but serious infection in Australia.A 25-year-old woman developed endocarditis after residence in Turkey and consumption of goat dairy products. Brucella melitensis was isolated from blood cultures.The valve remained infected after prolonged intravenous administration of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, gentamicin
R, Chan, R P, Hardiman
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Breast abscess caused by Brucella melitensis

Journal of Infection, 1996
Cutaneous and soft tissue lesions are uncommon manifestations of brucellosis. Though breast involvement in animal brucellosis is not uncommon, involvement of the breast in human brucellosis is extremely rare. We report a case of breast abscess in a 39-year-old female caused by Brucella melitensis.
H M, Al Abdely, M A, Halim, T M, Amin
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Person-to-person transmission of Brucella melitensis

The Lancet, 1991
Human brucellosis is primarily an occupational hazard in the USA; in the Middle East and Africa ingestion of contaminated dairy products is an important route of infection. Whether human beings can become infected via person-to-person spread is uncertain.
B, Ruben, J D, Band, P, Wong, J, Colville   +3 more
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An Epizootic of Brucella melitensis Infection in Texas

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1970
SUMMARY Investigation of brucellosis in goats and sheep was made in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas following the report of 2 human cases of brucellosis. Brucella melitensis type I was isolated from some serologically positive animals associated with the human cases.
R D, Whiting, B M, White, F C, Stiles
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Cholecystitis Related to Brucella melitensis

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 2008
Although human brucellosis is a multisystemic disease, cholecystitis due to Brucella species is a rare manifestation. Here we present a 64-year-old woman with Brucella cholecystitis who was admitted to the hospital with fever and arthralgias for the last 10 days.
Gunal E.K., Topkaya A.E., Arisoy A., Aydiner O., Gökçen G., Aksungar F.B., Karabulut M., Tulbek M.Y., Aytug O.N.   +8 more
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Ovarian Abscess due to Brucella melitensis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
The case of a 25-y-old woman with brucellar ovarian abscess is reported. Cultures of blood, ascites and a pus specimen yielded Brucella melitensis. The possibility of ovarian abscess being caused by Brucella melitensis should be considered in countries where the infection is endemic.
Veysel, Fenkci, Serhan, Cevrioglu, Mehmet, Yilmazer   +2 more
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Infective Aortitis due to Brucella melitensis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1987
Infective aneurysms caused by Brucella sp. are extremely rare. B. suis and B. abortus have been implicated in a few cases but to our knowledge, B. melitensis has not been reported as a cause of mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. We here report the first case of this described in the English literature.
J M, Aguado, C, Barros, J L, Gomez Garces, M L, Fernández-Guerrero   +3 more
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Chronic Neurobrucellosis due to Brucella melitensis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1990
A 20-year-old male Turkish immigrant to Norway suffering from severe chronic neurobrucellosis with spastic paraplegia and deafness is presented. The diagnosis was established by isolation of Brucella melitensis from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture. Brucella antibody agglutination titers were high in serum and CSF.
A, Bucher, P, Gaustad, E, Pape
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Acute Abdomen due to Brucella melitensis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
A case of acute abdomen caused by a Brucella melitensis is reported. The patient presented with biliary involvement in the form of acute acalculous cholecystitis and developed acute appendicitis that resulted in his surgical treatment.
Panagiotis, Andriopoulos, Maria, Tsironi, Georgios, Asimakopoulos   +2 more
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ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS CAUSED BY BRUCELLA MELITENSIS

RETINAL Cases & Brief Reports, 2016
Brucella is an intracellular gram-negative pathogen that acts as a facultative parasite. B. Melitensis endogenous endophthalmitis is quite rare. We herein report an unusual case of B. melitensis endophthalmitis with a good outcome after appropriate management.A retrospective interventional case report of an 18-year-old boy who had unexplained ...
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