Exudative pleural effusion due to brucellosis in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Meltem Taşbakan; Ayhan Zengi; Funda Elmas; Ozen K. Basoglu; Mustafa Hikmet Özhan
- Source
- Tropical Doctor. 36:253-254
- Subject
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Pleural effusion
Brucella
Brucellosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Pleural disease
Brucella melitensis
Humans
Medicine
biology
business.industry
Respiratory disease
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Exudates and Transudates
Middle Aged
respiratory system
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
respiratory tract diseases
Exudative pleural effusion
Pleural Effusion
Infectious Diseases
Pleurisy
Female
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1758-1133
0049-4755
Pleural involvement is a rare presentation of brucellosis. We report a patient referred for the evaluation of fever, right-sided pleural effusion and hilar lymph node enlargement. The pleural fluid revealed exudative characteristics with the predominance of neutrophils. Brucella melitensis was isolated from bone marrow, pleural effusion and blood cultures. The diagnosis was also confirmed by demonstration of a high Brucella agglutinin titre. The patient was successfully treated with rifampicin and doxicycline for three months.