Brucellosis As a Cause of Intestinal Perforation

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Noureen, Iffat, Hamza, Muhammad, Sabir Khan, Huma, Khan, Saleha, Hanif, Muhammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32226676
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7075
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Sumario: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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