Case Report

A cluster of atypical brucellosis in the same family

Volume: 4 Number: 1 January 30, 2023
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A cluster of atypical brucellosis in the same family

Abstract

Brucellosis is a systemic and chronic zoonotic disease passed by Brucella bacteria, which is endemic in our country. Patients presenting with different clinical manifestations are often accompanied by nonspecific symptoms like fever, night sweats, loss of appetite, weight loss and polyarthralgia. Although Brucellosis can affect all systems. Examples of musculoskeletal and hematological involvement will be discussed in the following two cases. Peripheral arthritis, sacroiliitis, spondylitis, tenosynovitis and osteomyelitis are seen in musculoskeletal involvement, while leukopenia, anemia, and rarely pancytopenia are seen in hematological involvement. Psoas abscess is a rare infection that is difficult and late to diagnose and categorized as primary and secondary. The most common cause of primary psoas abscess is Staphylococcus aureus and it usually occurs by hematogenous spread from a focus of infection in another part of the body. We aimed to present two cases from the same family, one of whom had primary psoas abscess and spondylodiscitis secondary to brucellosis; the other of whom had pancytopenia due to brucellosis.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Case Report

Publication Date

January 30, 2023

Submission Date

September 21, 2022

Acceptance Date

November 16, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Alıravcı, I. D., Akça, A., Vurucu, S., Eltimur Karatoprak, T., & Yüksel, C. (2023). A cluster of atypical brucellosis in the same family. Troia Medical Journal, 4(1), 38-41. https://doi.org/10.55665/troiamedj.1177780
AMA
1.Alıravcı ID, Akça A, Vurucu S, Eltimur Karatoprak T, Yüksel C. A cluster of atypical brucellosis in the same family. Troia Med J. 2023;4(1):38-41. doi:10.55665/troiamedj.1177780
Chicago
Alıravcı, Işıl Deniz, Anıl Akça, Servan Vurucu, Tuba Eltimur Karatoprak, and Cihan Yüksel. 2023. “A Cluster of Atypical Brucellosis in the Same Family”. Troia Medical Journal 4 (1): 38-41. https://doi.org/10.55665/troiamedj.1177780.
EndNote
Alıravcı ID, Akça A, Vurucu S, Eltimur Karatoprak T, Yüksel C (January 1, 2023) A cluster of atypical brucellosis in the same family. Troia Medical Journal 4 1 38–41.
IEEE
[1]I. D. Alıravcı, A. Akça, S. Vurucu, T. Eltimur Karatoprak, and C. Yüksel, “A cluster of atypical brucellosis in the same family”, Troia Med J, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 38–41, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.55665/troiamedj.1177780.
ISNAD
Alıravcı, Işıl Deniz - Akça, Anıl - Vurucu, Servan - Eltimur Karatoprak, Tuba - Yüksel, Cihan. “A Cluster of Atypical Brucellosis in the Same Family”. Troia Medical Journal 4/1 (January 1, 2023): 38-41. https://doi.org/10.55665/troiamedj.1177780.
JAMA
1.Alıravcı ID, Akça A, Vurucu S, Eltimur Karatoprak T, Yüksel C. A cluster of atypical brucellosis in the same family. Troia Med J. 2023;4:38–41.
MLA
Alıravcı, Işıl Deniz, et al. “A Cluster of Atypical Brucellosis in the Same Family”. Troia Medical Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Jan. 2023, pp. 38-41, doi:10.55665/troiamedj.1177780.
Vancouver
1.Işıl Deniz Alıravcı, Anıl Akça, Servan Vurucu, Tuba Eltimur Karatoprak, Cihan Yüksel. A cluster of atypical brucellosis in the same family. Troia Med J. 2023 Jan. 1;4(1):38-41. doi:10.55665/troiamedj.1177780