Coincidence of acute Brucella hepatitis and dengue fever or serologic cross-reactivity?. [saudijgastro.com]

Last updated: November 6, 2014 Synonyms: Undulant fever, Malta fever. ICD-9 Code: 023; ICD-10 Code: A23 Definition: Systemic infection with Brucella is uncommon and may cause fever, peripheral arthritis, sacroiliitis, or spondylitis. [rheumaknowledgy.com]

AST usually presents with pain, tenderness and fever. Sore throat, dysphonia and dysphagia may also be present. [emro.who.int]

The patient's medical history included a diagnosis of brucellosis 1 week previously in our hospital, where he had presented with complaints of weakness and fever. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

a 26-year-old laborer, was admitted to the Newark Beth Israel Hospital for the 1st time on October 18, 1956, complaining of fever, night. .. Funding and Disclosures * From the Medical Service, Newark Beth Israel Hospital. [nejm.org]

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Case 4 A 39-year-old shepherd presented to the emergency department in February 2005 and was admitted with fever up to 40 C, rigors, fatigue and abdominal pain of 7 days’ duration. [emro.who.int]

He was referred in June 2005 with a 7-month history of recurrent idiopathic pancreatitis, anemia, abdominal pain, chills, sweats and weight loss. He never smoked tobacco nor drank alcohol and had no family history of pancreatitis. [pancreas.imedpub.com]

Kradin has a number of clinical interests including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Interstitial Lung Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Pulmonary Immunology. He also holds an Associate Professor position of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. [books.google.de]

Giorgio A, Tarantino L, Meriniello N, Francica G, Escala E, Amoroso P, Nuzzo A (1995) Pyogenic liver abscesses: 13 years of experience in percutaneous needle aspiration with US guidance. Radiology 195:122–124 PubMed Google Scholar 5. [link.springer.com]

A cholecystectomy and aspiration of the abscess were performed. Two days later, B. melitensis was isolated from 2 blood cultures that had been drawn on admission. B. melitensis was also cultured from the aspirate of the liver abscess. [emro.who.int]

The diagnosis can be established by detection of brucella species in blood cultures or tissue aspirates. [pancreas.imedpub.com]

It is well known that positive blood cultures, as well as cultures from percutaneously aspirated pus, are uncommon in prolonged cases. [casesjournal.biomedcentral.com]

Fred Ferri’s popular "5 books in 1" format provides quick guidance on menorrhagia, Failure to Thrive (FTT), Cogan’s syndrome, and much more. [books.google.com]

Physical examination revealed mild hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, confirmed by an abdominal ultrasound and CT imaging. [emro.who.int]

The abdominal physical examination revealed mild tenderness of the right hypochondrium with no peritoneal signs and a slight, smooth-edged right liver lobe hepatomegaly. [casesjournal.biomedcentral.com]

The clinical presentation can vary from asymptomatic infection with seroconversion to a full-blown clinical picture of fever, night sweats and joint manifestations; occasionally, there is hepatic, cardiac, ocular or central nervous system involvement [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case presentation A 34-year-old Greek woman was admitted to our hospital with a 2-month standing evening fever of up to 38.5 C, night sweats, arthralgia, and weakness. [casesjournal.biomedcentral.com]

The pain progressively worsened and 2 days before admission he started to suffer fever with rigors, malaise and profuse night sweating. On physical examination, only low back tenderness was noted. [emro.who.int]

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An abdominal CT-scan showed calcification with a “snowflake appearance” in the liver (Figures 1,2); for our radiologic team these are suggestive for signs of chronic hepatic Brucellosis. [austinpublishinggroup.com]

On day 4 his clinical condition worsened and a new ultrasound revealed an enlarged gall bladder with thickened wall, suggesting an empyema. [emro.who.int]

Brucella abortus infection may be manifest by nonspecific hepatic inflammation or, occasionally, by granulomatous hepatitis. Rarely, cirrhosis may result if untreated. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

abortus with multifocal necrosis confirmed by culture and polymerase chain reaction. [ajtmh.org]

Brucella spp include Brucella abortus (zoonotic source, cow), Brucella melitensis (goat), and Brucella suis (pig). Although B. abortus is most common in the United States, B. melitensis is most common worldwide. [rheumaknowledgy.com]

An enzyme immunoassay for Brucella abortus on serum was positive, but a follow up indirect fluorescent antibody test against Brucella abortus was negative. [pancreas.imedpub.com]