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OCCURRENCE OF BRUCELLA MELITENSIS IN IOWA

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1946
Brucella melitensis, the species of Brucella with usual source in goat and sheep, is now known to occur endemically in Iowa. Brucella abortus and Brucella suis, etiologic agents for brucellosis in cattle and hogs respectively, have been recognized and observed in Iowa since 1927.
C F, JORDAN, I H, BORTS
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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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Brucella Melitensis Dacryoadenitis: A Case Report

European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2000
Purpose To present a case of brucellosis-related unilateral dacryoadenitis. Methods A 16-year-old boy had unilateral lacrimal gland enlargement, shown by magnetic resonance imaging of the orbits. Clinical findings, tube agglutination, the culture of a lacrimal gland aspirate, and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of brucellosis ...
N A, Bekir, K, Güngör, M, Namiduru
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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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Isolation of Brucella melitensis from Alpine Ibex

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 1998
Eleven alpine ibex (Capra ibex) and 27 chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) from Gran Paradiso National Park (Italy) were examined in March 1996. A 7-yr-old ibex buck had thick-walled carpal joints and enlargement of the right testicle characterized by necrosis and fibrosis.
FERROGLIO, Ezio, F. Tolari, BOLLO, Enrico, B. Bassano   +3 more
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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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Successful treatment of brucella melitensis endocarditis

The American Journal of Medicine, 1978
Brucella endocarditis is a rare, but often fatal, complication of brucellosis. A 32 year old man acquired brucellosis while on a visit to his former home in Greece and presented six months later with malaise, fever and aortic regurgitation. Blood cultures grew Brucella melitensis biotype 1.
D S, Pratt, J H, Tenney, C M, Bjork, L B, Reller   +3 more
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