Brucella acute abdomen mimicking appendicitis

Fernández, Marcial Delgado; García, José Luis Zambrana; García, F. Díez; Fernández, María Teresa Cabezas

doi:10.1016/s0002-9343(00)00299-0

“…Although rare, gastrointestinal manifestations are diverse ranging from relatively milder complaints, such as anorexia, diarrhea, or constipation to more serious complications that have been reported in different case reports. It may present as an acute abdomen mimicking acute appendicitis, ileitis, infective colitis, acute cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, and intestinal obstruction [1,[5][6][7][8][9].…”

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confidence: 99%

Brucellosis As a Cause of Intestinal Perforation

Noureen

¹

,

Hamza

²

,

Khan

³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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Brucellosis is a multisystem zoonotic infection. Patients usually presents with fever and nonspecific systemic symptoms but may rarely present with clinical presentation of an acute abdomen. In this case report, we present a 32-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with symptoms of acute abdomen. Exploration revealed ileal perforation secondary to brucellosis, for which loop ileostomy was fashioned.

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“…Brucellosis cases with mesenteric lymphadenitis have been reported in the literature. Jayakumar et al (5) and Fernandez et al (6). have reported in their patients taken into operation with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis that the appendix was normal and the existence of mesenteric lymphadenitis was determined and that treatment was started upon the reproduction of Brucella spp.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Case of Atypical Brucellosis Presented with Isolated Lymphadenopathy

Karaman¹,

Akbayram²,

Akbayram³

et al. 2017

J Pediatr Inf

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Brucellosis is transmitted via animal or animal products. The transmission of infection from animal to human occurs by the ways of; generally the direct contact of secretions of infected animals through the human skin which of broken integrity, consumption of unpasteurized milk and milk products, inhalation and contact with conjunctiva with infected aerosols. The infection can be presented with variable manifestations and involment of cardiovascular, central nervous system, skeletal system, skin and gastrointestinal system. It is generally a disease with good prognosis; but the complicated involvement like of bone, cardiovascular and menegial site leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Here, we presents a case of brucella lymphadenitis of 9 years old patiens in whom admitted with isolated lmphadenopathy and recovered clinically and laboratory upon starting the treatment for brucellosis.

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“…Brusella aglütinasyonu 1/320 olarak saptandı, eksizyonel biyopsi sonucu kazeifiye olmayan granülomatöz lenfedenit olarak bildirildi. Klinik ve serolojik olarak akut bruselloz tanısı konulan hastaya, rifampisin (20 mg/kg/gün) ve doksisiklin ( üremesi üzerine başlanan tedaviye yanıt alındığını bildirmiştir (5,6). Brusellozlu hastaların %32'sinde sindirim dizgesi (karaciğer, safra kesesi, ince ve kalınbağırsak, periton ve pankreas) tutulumu ve karın ağrısı, bulantı, kusma, ishal, kabızlık ve konstipasyon gibi belirtiler vardır.…”

Section: Olgu Sunumuunclassified

“…Brusellozlu hastaların %32'sinde sindirim dizgesi (karaciğer, safra kesesi, ince ve kalınbağırsak, periton ve pankreas) tutulumu ve karın ağrısı, bulantı, kusma, ishal, kabızlık ve konstipasyon gibi belirtiler vardır. Çataklı ve arkadaşlarının geriye dönük araştırmasında 33 hastanın %18'inde lenfadenopati saptanmıtır (6,7). Lenfadenopati, bruselloz seyrinde %10-20 olguda görülmektedir.…”

Section: Olgu Sunumuunclassified

İzole Lenfadenopatiyle Başvuran Atipik Bir Bruselloz Olgusu

Karaman¹,

Akbayram²,

Akbayram³

et al. 2017

J Pediatr Inf

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0

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Brucellosis is transmitted via animal or animal products. The transmission of infection from animal to human occurs by the ways of; generally the direct contact of secretions of infected animals through the human skin which of broken integrity, consumption of unpasteurized milk and milk products, inhalation and contact with conjunctiva with infected aerosols. The infection can be presented with variable manifestations and involment of cardiovascular, central nervous system, skeletal system, skin and gastrointestinal system. It is generally a disease with good prognosis; but the complicated involvement like of bone, cardiovascular and menegial site leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Here, we presents a case of brucella lymphadenitis of 9 years old patiens in whom admitted with isolated lmphadenopathy and recovered clinically and laboratory upon starting the treatment for brucellosis.

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Brucella acute abdomen mimicking appendicitis

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Brucellosis As a Cause of Intestinal Perforation

Brucellosis As a Cause of Intestinal Perforation

A Case of Atypical Brucellosis Presented with Isolated Lymphadenopathy

İzole Lenfadenopatiyle Başvuran Atipik Bir Bruselloz Olgusu

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