A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature Review
Brucellosis is still endemic in certain parts of the world including the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Latin America, and African regions. Osteoarticular manifestations are common presenting features. Brucellosis presenting as prepatellar bursitis has already been reported. We present a case of se...
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| description | Brucellosis is still endemic in certain parts of the world including the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Latin America, and African regions. Osteoarticular manifestations are common presenting features. Brucellosis presenting as prepatellar bursitis has already been reported. We present a case of seronegative olecranon bursitis with positive blood and aspirate cultures. The patient improved remarkably by treatment with streptomycin and doxycycline with no evidence or relapse. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-86aca600ea1541bd9b9bcf6130a3326b2025-02-03T01:26:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/98025329802532A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature ReviewF. M. Almajid0Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaBrucellosis is still endemic in certain parts of the world including the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Latin America, and African regions. Osteoarticular manifestations are common presenting features. Brucellosis presenting as prepatellar bursitis has already been reported. We present a case of seronegative olecranon bursitis with positive blood and aspirate cultures. The patient improved remarkably by treatment with streptomycin and doxycycline with no evidence or relapse.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9802532 |
| spellingShingle | F. M. Almajid A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature Review Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full | A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_short | A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_sort | rare form of brucella bursitis with negative serology a case report and literature review |
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