Acute Brucellosis Presenting as Gastroenteritis: Case Report
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Acute Brucellosis Presenting as Gastroenteritis: Case Report
Brucellosis is a systemic infection with multiple presentations. In spite of its oral mode of transmission and gastrointestinal pathogenesis, systemic symptoms are usually more prominent than gastrointestinal ones. Acute brucellosis presenting as gastroenteritis is rare in adults and could be the only manifestation of the disease. We report a case of gastroenteritis caused by Brucella species.
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عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Diseases: Research and Treatment
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1178-6337,1178-6337
DOI: 10.4137/idrt.s11050