A case of brucellosis presenting with pericardial and pleural effusion

Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonotic infection with a diverse clinical presentation. Pericardial and pleural involvement is rare in brucellosis. There is no presentation with pleural and pericardial effusion in childhood brusellosis. In endemic countries Brucellosis must thought as an unknown etiolog...

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Published inThe clinical respiratory journal Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 285 - 287
Main Authors Altas, Meryem Hilal, Karli, Arzu, Sensoy, Gulnar, Koken, Ozlem, Yurek, Burak, Baysal, Kemal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2018
Subjects
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Brucella - isolation & purification
Brucellosis
Brucellosis - complications
Brucellosis - diagnosis
Brucellosis - drug therapy
childhood
Female
Humans
Lung Diseases - complications
Lung Diseases - diagnosis
Lung Diseases - drug therapy
pericardial effusion
Pericardial Effusion - diagnosis
Pericardial Effusion - drug therapy
Pericardial Effusion - etiology
Pleura - diagnostic imaging
Pleura - microbiology
pleural effusion
Pleural Effusion - diagnosis
Pleural Effusion - drug therapy
Pleural Effusion - etiology
Radiography, Thoracic
Ultrasonography
Young Adult
pericardial effusion
childhood
pleural effusion
brucellosis
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Summary:Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonotic infection with a diverse clinical presentation. Pericardial and pleural involvement is rare in brucellosis. There is no presentation with pleural and pericardial effusion in childhood brusellosis. In endemic countries Brucellosis must thought as an unknown etiology of pericardial and pleural effusion.
Bibliography:The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.
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MHA, AK, GS, KB worked up the case and involved in case management. OK and BY were involved in literature search and manuscript preparation. All authors drafted the manuscript and reviewed the literature.
The required consents were obtained from the family of the patients participating in the study.
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None of the authors are aware of any financial, personal, or academic conflicts of interest. None of the authors maintain any commercial associations that might create a conflict of interest.
ISSN:1752-6981
1752-699X
DOI:10.1111/crj.12465