Brucellosis mimicking enteric fever

Ayşe Erbay; Hürrem Bodur; Esragül Akıncı; Aliye Baştuğ; Mustafa Aydın Çevik

doi:10.3855/jidc.43

Brucellosis mimicking enteric fever

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Ayşe Erbay Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara
Hürrem Bodur Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara
Esragül Akıncı Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara
Aliye Baştuğ Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara
Mustafa Aydın Çevik Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara

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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.43

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Abstract

Brucellosis is a systemic infection with multiple presentations. Despite its oral transmission and gastrointestinal pathogenesis, systemic symptoms are usually more prominent than gastrointestinal complaints. We report a patient with enteric fever caused by Brucella melitensis.

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2009-04-01

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Erbay A, Bodur H, Akıncı E, Baştuğ A, Çevik MA (2009) Brucellosis mimicking enteric fever. J Infect Dev Ctries 3:239–240. doi: 10.3855/jidc.43

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Vol. 3 No. 03: April 2009

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Case Reports

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