Author/Authors :
Üstün, Cemal Sağlık Bakanlığı - İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Elazığ Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Turkey , Güven, Tümer Sağlık Bakanlığı - İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Elazığ Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Turkey
Title Of Article :
A case of brucellosis complicated with acute pyelonephritis
Abstract :
Brucellosis, is an endemic disease in our country, may lead to bacteremia and cause different clinic manifestations. A 44-year-old male patient admitted to our policlinic with high fever, shivering, chilling, pollacuria, and left costovertebral pain, and interned with diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis. Subsequently, acute pyelonephritis due to acute brucellosis was detected in the clinical and laboratory examination. Antibiotic treatment for brucellosis was given to patient for eight week and after treatment full recovery was seen. Patients with brucellosis may refer with symptoms of acute pyelonephritis in endemic areas for brucellosis.By using brucellos serologies to patients who have the symptoms of acute pyelonephritis may available in the diagnosis of this rare complication in areas where brucellosis is endemic.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Acute pyelonephritis , brucellosis , urinary tract infections , zoonosis
JournalTitle :
Dicle Medical Journal
