Brucellar terminal ileitis and epididymo-orchitis in an adolescent; case report and review of the literature

Although brucellosis is a multi-systemic illness, terminal ileitis or colitis due to brucellosis is reported anecdotal in literature. Genitourinary manifestations of Brucella, namely epididymo-orchitis is very rare in childhood brucellosis. Herein, we present a case of brucellosis in a child with a...

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Published inJournal of infection in developing countries Vol. 12; no. 10; pp. 919 - 921
Main Authors Oguz, Melahat Melek, Oztek-Celebi, Fatma Zehra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 31.10.2018
Subjects
Adolescent
Brucellosis
Brucellosis - complications
Brucellosis - diagnosis
Case reports
Epididymitis - diagnosis
Epididymitis - microbiology
Humans
Ileitis - diagnosis
Ileitis - microbiology
Male
Orchitis - diagnosis
Orchitis - microbiology
Teenagers
acute abdomen
brucellar genitourinary manifestations
children
Brucella
brucellar gastrointestinal manifestations
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Summary:Although brucellosis is a multi-systemic illness, terminal ileitis or colitis due to brucellosis is reported anecdotal in literature. Genitourinary manifestations of Brucella, namely epididymo-orchitis is very rare in childhood brucellosis. Herein, we present a case of brucellosis in a child with a rare combination of terminal ileitis and epididymo-orchitis not reported previously in the literature.
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ISSN:1972-2680
2036-6590
1972-2680
DOI:10.3855/jidc.10429