Fatal systemic infection with multifocal liver and lung nodules caused by Brucella abortus

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Dec;77(6):1120-3.

Abstract

We experienced a fatal case caused by Brucella abortus with multifocal necrosis confirmed by culture and polymerase chain reaction. Our case highlights that the clinician should be aware of the potential for fatality when a patient with brucellosis shows dissemination of abscess or nodules with no calcification in the liver, lung, pleura, and spine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brucella abortus / genetics
  • Brucella abortus / isolation & purification
  • Brucella abortus / pathogenicity*
  • Brucellosis / diagnosis
  • Brucellosis / microbiology*
  • Brucellosis / pathology*
  • Cattle
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fever
  • Genes, Bacterial / genetics
  • Humans
  • Korea
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Low Back Pain
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S