An Uncommon Case of Acute Brucellosis Presenting with Severe Thrombocytopenia
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Tarih
2012
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Yayıncı
Japan Soc Internal Medicine
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
A 49-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with complaints of fatigue, epistaxis and a skin rash. The whole blood count revealed isolated thrombocytopenia (4,000/mL), and the patient was admitted to the hematology department with a diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia. He did not respond to steroid treatment for 15 days, and a subfebrile fever developed during this period. A diagnosis of acute brucellosis was considered due to positive serological tests and a blood culture positive for Brucella spp. After starting doxycycline and rifampicin therapy, the patient's thrombocyte count increased to 15,000/mL on the third day, to 41,000/mL on the sixth day and was normal on the 21st day of treatment. A diagnosis of brucellosis must be considered in patients presenting with severe and isolated thrombocytopenia in countries where brucellosis is endemic.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
thrombocytopenia, brucellosis, immune
Kaynak
Internal Medicine
WoS Q Değeri
Q3
Scopus Q Değeri
N/A
Cilt
51
Sayı
23
