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A case of brucellosis with cutaneous manifestations

Deri belirtileri gösteren bir bruselloz vakası

Pages
412–414
Publication Date
2022-10-17
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Subcutanous nodules mimicking rheumatic nodules or erythema nodosum found to be worth reporting this case.

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Objective & Hypothesis:A case of brucellosis with cutaneous manifestations is presented.
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Key Findings & Data:A female patient, aged 34 years whose first symptom had been severe lower back pain, later on developed fever, migratory joint pains and swellings and a number of subcutaneous nodules around elbows and ankles.
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Conclusion & Impact:Subcutanous nodules mimicking rheumatic nodules or erythema nodosum found to be worth reporting this case.
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Abstract

A case of brucellosis with cutaneous manifestations is presented. A female patient, aged 34 years whose first symptom had been severe lower back pain, later on developed fever, migratory joint pains and swellings and a number of subcutaneous nodules around elbows and ankles. She has been diagnosed acute rheumatic fever and was given corticosteroid therapy. Following two weeks of this therapy, she was found to be unresponsive to corticosteroid treatment. A new set of laboratory work-up showed a positive blood culture for Brucella melitensis. In accordance with this findings, she has been put on an antibiotic treatment following which she has completely recovered. Subcutanous nodules mimicking rheumatic nodules or erythema nodosum found to be worth reporting this case.

Özet

Deri belirtileri gösteren bir bruselloz vakası takdim edildi. İlk başlayan şikayeti şiddetli bel ağrısı olan ve bu nedenle diskopati tedavisi gören 34 yaşındaki bir kadın hastada daha sonra ateş, gezici eklem ağrıları ve eklem şişlikleri ile bilekler ve dirsekler çevresinde derialtı nodülleri ortaya çıkmış. Akut romatizmal ateş tanısıyla verilen kortikosteroid tedavisine cevapsız kalan hastanın yapılan laboratuar incelemelerinde Brucella melitensis üretildi. Antibiotik tedavisine başlandıktan altı hafta sonra bütün şikayetleri kayboldu. Vak'a, romatoid nodülleri veya eritema nodosum'u taklit eden derialtı nodülleri nedeniyle yayınlanmaya değer bulundu.

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ÇAĞATAY, A. A., KAMALI, S., BÜYÜKÖZTÜRK, S., ERDEN, S., KARDEŞ, B. A. (2022). A case of brucellosis with cutaneous manifestations. İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, Cilt: 62 - Sayı: 4, 412–414. https://ajindex.com/articles/553884