Varikkodan Irfan, Naushad Vamanjore A, Purayil Nishan K, Mathew Joe, Alrawi Farooq M
General Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, QAT.
Cureus. 2021 Jun 27;13(6):e15950. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15950. eCollection 2021 Jun.
Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection caused by facultative intracellular bacteria of the genus Brucella. The ability of the organism to invade both phagocytic and non-phagocytic cells and survive in the intracellular environment makes brucellosis a systemic infection that can affect various organs of the body. Complications of brucellosis occur when the infection involves one or more focal body sites. Early identification of complications of brucellosis and initiation of appropriate treatment is the key to a better outcome. Here we present two cases of complicated brucellosis, both having multiple body site involvement.
布鲁氏菌病是由布鲁氏菌属的兼性胞内细菌引起的一种人畜共患感染。该病原体侵入吞噬细胞和非吞噬细胞并在细胞内环境中存活的能力,使布鲁氏菌病成为一种可影响身体各个器官的全身性感染。当感染累及一个或多个局部身体部位时,就会发生布鲁氏菌病的并发症。早期识别布鲁氏菌病的并发症并开始适当治疗是取得更好治疗效果的关键。在此,我们报告两例复杂性布鲁氏菌病病例,均有多个身体部位受累。