Splenic abscess due to brucellosis
Splenic abscess due to Brucella spp. is extremely rare. We report a case of a splenic abscess due to Brucella spp. in a 61-year-old male patient. Brucella slide and tube agglutination tests (Wright) were positive while blood culture and culture from splenic tissue yielded negative results. The abdom...
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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2008-10-01
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| author | Kamuran Sayilir Gulsen Iskender Mustafa Cihat Ogan Filiz Erdil |
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| description | Splenic abscess due to Brucella spp. is extremely rare. We report a case of a splenic abscess due to Brucella spp. in a 61-year-old male patient. Brucella slide and tube agglutination tests (Wright) were positive while blood culture and culture from splenic tissue yielded negative results. The abdominal ultrasonography revealed a hypoechoic intrasplenic mass 15x12 mm in diameter at the middle portion of the spleen. The splenic lesions disappeared after prolonged treatment for 7 months with a combination of doxycycline, and rifampicin, followed by TMP-SXT. Brucella spp. should be considered in the differential diagnosis of splenic abscess in countries where brucellosis is endemic. The results of this case and literature review shows that a conservative approach using optimum antibiotics alone without surgical intervention can be successful in the treatment of patients with splenic brucellosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-31c8db8aace747bbbde74e37baca0c2c2025-08-20T02:57:12ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802008-10-0120510.3855/jidc.204Splenic abscess due to brucellosisKamuran Sayilir0Gulsen Iskender1Mustafa Cihat Ogan2Filiz Erdil3Infectious Disease Department, Ankara Oncology Hospital, AnkaraInfectious Disease Department, Ankara Oncology Hospital, AnkaraInfectious Disease Department, Ankara Oncology Hospital, AnkaraRadiology Department, Ankara Oncology Hospital, AnkaraSplenic abscess due to Brucella spp. is extremely rare. We report a case of a splenic abscess due to Brucella spp. in a 61-year-old male patient. Brucella slide and tube agglutination tests (Wright) were positive while blood culture and culture from splenic tissue yielded negative results. The abdominal ultrasonography revealed a hypoechoic intrasplenic mass 15x12 mm in diameter at the middle portion of the spleen. The splenic lesions disappeared after prolonged treatment for 7 months with a combination of doxycycline, and rifampicin, followed by TMP-SXT. Brucella spp. should be considered in the differential diagnosis of splenic abscess in countries where brucellosis is endemic. The results of this case and literature review shows that a conservative approach using optimum antibiotics alone without surgical intervention can be successful in the treatment of patients with splenic brucellosis.https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/204Brucellosissplenic abscesstreatment |
| spellingShingle | Kamuran Sayilir Gulsen Iskender Mustafa Cihat Ogan Filiz Erdil Splenic abscess due to brucellosis Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Brucellosis splenic abscess treatment |
| title | Splenic abscess due to brucellosis |
| title_full | Splenic abscess due to brucellosis |
| title_fullStr | Splenic abscess due to brucellosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Splenic abscess due to brucellosis |
| title_short | Splenic abscess due to brucellosis |
| title_sort | splenic abscess due to brucellosis |
| topic | Brucellosis splenic abscess treatment |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/204 |
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