Acute renal failure due to Brucella melitensis
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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.1442Keywords:
acute brucella, nephritis, renal failureAbstract
We present the case of a 42-year-old male patient who applied to the emergency department of our hospital with clinical nephritis, orchitis, acute renal failure without endocarditis, and a low-grade fever. Brucella agglutinin titers were 1:160, Rose Bengal test was positive and Brucella melitensis was isolated from urine and blood cultures.. A combination of oral rifampin (600 mg/day) and doxycycline (200 mg/day) was administered along with supportive treatment leading to resolution of his clinical status by eight weeks. This was a rare complication of severe renal involvement due to brucellosis which resolved with antibiotic treatment.
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2011-11-27
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Dagli O, Dokur M, Guzeldag G, Ozmen Y (2011) Acute renal failure due to Brucella melitensis. J Infect Dev Ctries 5:893–895. doi: 10.3855/jidc.1442
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