iduhes Izmir Democracy University Health Sciences Journal 2651-4575 İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi ​Internal Diseases İç Hastalıkları BRUCELLOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6111-0030 Ergün Uğur BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE 09 30 2019 2 2 114 117 08 31 2019 09 30 2019 Copyright © 2018, Izmir Democracy University Health Sciences Journal 2018 Izmir Democracy University Health Sciences Journal

Brucellosis isthe most common zoonotic infection around the world that is caused by directcontact or consumption of infected animals meat or products. It is amultisystemic disease with a wide range of clinical symptoms. The disease maypresent with broad spectrum manifestations and involves many systems. Otherless frequent complications include intraabdominal abscesses, appendicitis,ileitis, colitis and cholecystitis. Acute cholecystitis is a very rarepresentation of brucellosis. Here we report case of a 61 year-old male withacute cholecystitis caused by B.Melitensis.

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