Acute Brucellosis Presenting as Gastroenteritis: Case Report

Brucellosis is a systemic infection with multiple presentations. In spite of its oral mode of transmission and gastrointestinal pathogenesis, systemic symptoms are usually more prominent than gastrointestinal ones. Acute brucellosis presenting as gastroenteritis is rare in adults and could be the on...

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Autores principales: Salih, Salih Bin, Alothman, Adel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3988621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24847175
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/IDRT.S11050
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description Brucellosis is a systemic infection with multiple presentations. In spite of its oral mode of transmission and gastrointestinal pathogenesis, systemic symptoms are usually more prominent than gastrointestinal ones. Acute brucellosis presenting as gastroenteritis is rare in adults and could be the only manifestation of the disease. We report a case of gastroenteritis caused by Brucella species.
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spelling pubmed-39886212014-05-20 Acute Brucellosis Presenting as Gastroenteritis: Case Report Salih, Salih Bin Alothman, Adel Infect Dis (Auckl) Case Report Brucellosis is a systemic infection with multiple presentations. In spite of its oral mode of transmission and gastrointestinal pathogenesis, systemic symptoms are usually more prominent than gastrointestinal ones. Acute brucellosis presenting as gastroenteritis is rare in adults and could be the only manifestation of the disease. We report a case of gastroenteritis caused by Brucella species. Libertas Academica 2013-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3988621/ /pubmed/24847175 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/IDRT.S11050 Text en © 2013 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Acute Brucellosis Presenting as Gastroenteritis: Case Report
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