Unusual Manifestation Of Brucellosis: Pancytopenia

TURGAY ULAŞ, CEMAL BES, EMİNE GÜLTÜRK, FATMA PAKSOY, SADİ KEREM OKUTUR, MEHMET ALİ EREN, FATİH BORLU

  • TURGAY ULAŞ: HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • CEMAL BES: İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • EMİNE GÜLTÜRK: İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • FATMA PAKSOY: DR. ABDURRAHMAN YURTASLAN ONKOLOJİ ARAŞTIRMA VE EĞİTİM HASTANESİ
  • SADİ KEREM OKUTUR: BİLİM ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • MEHMET ALİ EREN: HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • FATİH BORLU: ŞİŞLİ ETFAL EĞİTİM VE ARAŞTIRMA HASTANESİ
  • Year : 2012
  • Vol : 28
  • Issue : 4
  •  Page : 254-256
We report a patient with pancytopenia which is an unusual manifestation and a rare hematologic complication of acute brucellosis. A 29-year-old female patient was hospitalized with fever and pancytopenia. Brucella standard tube agglutination test was found to be positive and cultures from blood yielded growth of Brucella melitensis. The patient completely recovered by the sixth week following combined antibacterial treatment of doxycycline and streptomycine. Brucella should be considered as an uncommon cause of pancytopenia and should be treated immediately.

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Selcuk Medical Journal
2012, Vol. 28 (4)
ISSN: 1017-6616
E-ISSN: 2149-8059
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