Brough Helen A, Solomon Anthony W, Wall Robert A, Isaza Fernando, Pasvol Geoffrey
Department of Paediatrics, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom.
J Paediatr Child Health. 2011 Nov;47(11):840-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01973.x. Epub 2011 Jan 31.
Pyrexia of unknown origin is an important clinical presentation in both paediatric and adult medicine. We present a case of pyrexia of unknown origin in a 14 year-old boy which turned out to be due to infection with Brucella melitensis, despite the patient not having left Great Britain - an officially brucellosis-free country - in six years. Repeated history-taking provided a clue to the diagnosis.
