Acute cholecystitis associated with Brucella melitensis bacteremia: A rare intraabdominal manifestation of brucellosis

Brucellosis typically presents with nonspecific symptoms of intermittent fever, night sweats, malaise, and arthralgia but can involve any organs as focal brucellosis. Intraabdominal involvement is rare. We report a case of acute cholecystitis associated with brucellosis with no history of exposure t...

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Autores principales: KC, Ojbindra, Dahal, Punya Hari, Koirala, Manisha, Ntem‐Mensah, Afua Duker
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9020169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35474997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5765
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Sumario:Brucellosis typically presents with nonspecific symptoms of intermittent fever, night sweats, malaise, and arthralgia but can involve any organs as focal brucellosis. Intraabdominal involvement is rare. We report a case of acute cholecystitis associated with brucellosis with no history of exposure to risk factors in a non‐endemic area.

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