Gasser I, Almirante B, Fernández-Pérez F, Mendoza C
Service of Microbiology, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain.
Infection. 1991 Jan-Feb;19(1):44-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01643759.
Soft tissue locations of Brucella are a rare finding. We report the isolation of Brucella melitensis from a suspected breast tumour of a woman who also showed signs of uveitis. Three weeks after surgical drainage and despite antimicrobial therapy a new abscess developed on the other breast whose culture also yielded Brucella. As observed, unusual localization of brucellosis without previous penetrating injury may be the only manifestation of chronic infection.
