Brucellosis: unusual presentations in two adolescent boys

Two boys presented with variable signs and symptoms of infectious disease that challenged diagnosis. One of the two patients had aortic valve vegetations and lower extremity aneurysms, and the other had calvarial osteomyelitis, epidural abscess, pleural effusions, and pulmonary nodules. Only after a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric radiology 2000-05, Vol.30 (5), p.355-357
Hauptverfasser:	Piampiano, P, McLeary, M, Young, L W, Janner, D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Aneurysm, Infected - diagnosis Aneurysm, Infected - microbiology Aneurysm, Infected - surgery Aortic Valve Insufficiency - diagnosis Aortic Valve Insufficiency - etiology Aortic Valve Insufficiency - surgery Brucella - isolation & purification Brucella canis Brucellosis - diagnosis Brucellosis - microbiology Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures Endocarditis, Bacterial - complications Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology Epidural Abscess - diagnostic imaging Epidural Abscess - microbiology Epidural Abscess - surgery Frontal Lobe Humans Magnetic Resonance Angiography Male Perineum - blood supply Prenatal Diagnosis Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - diagnosis Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - microbiology Suction Tibial Arteries Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Two boys presented with variable signs and symptoms of infectious disease that challenged diagnosis. One of the two patients had aortic valve vegetations and lower extremity aneurysms, and the other had calvarial osteomyelitis, epidural abscess, pleural effusions, and pulmonary nodules. Only after a battery of bacterial and fungal agglutination tests was the unsuspected diagnosis made in each of brucellosis from Brucella canis.
ISSN:	0301-0449 1432-1998
DOI:	10.1007/s002470050760