A fatal, rare case of bilateral, upper, lower limbs and abdominal gangrene associated with brucellosis

Tejashree Anantha; Vidyavathii B Chittaragi; M Krishna Karthik; Jagadeesh Kumar; B Sukesh Kumar; Badveti Satya Sai

doi:10.4103/JLP.JLP_46_19

A fatal, rare case of bilateral, upper, lower limbs and abdominal gangrene associated with brucellosis

J Lab Physicians. 2019 Oct-Dec;11(4):388-390. doi: 10.4103/JLP.JLP_46_19.

Authors

Tejashree Anantha¹, Vidyavathii B Chittaragi¹, M Krishna Karthik¹, Jagadeesh Kumar², B Sukesh Kumar¹, Badveti Satya Sai¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSSAHER, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
² Department of Pediatrics, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSSAHER, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

Abstract

Brucellosis distributed worldwide is a classical zoonotic disease. Complications associated with gangrene are quite uncommon and may or might not occur during the course of the disease. Here, we report a pediatric age group patient who presented with fever and gangrene over the upper and lower limbs and abdomen associated with brucellosis.

Keywords: Brucella melitensis; brucellosis; early laboratory diagnosis; zoonotic disease.

Publication types

Case Reports