Brucellar terminal ileitis and epididymo-orchitis in an adolescent; case report and review of the literature | Zendy

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Brucellar terminal ileitis and epididymo-orchitis in an adolescent; case report and review of the literature

Author(s) -

Melahat Melek Oğuz,

Fatma Zehra Öztek-Celebi

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.10429

Subject(s) - brucellosis , orchitis , medicine , epididymitis , ileitis , brucella , dermatology , gastroenterology , immunology , pathology , surgery , crohn's disease , disease

Although brucellosis is a multi-systemic illness, terminal ileitis or colitis due to brucellosis is reported anecdotal in literature. Genitourinary manifestations of Brucella, namely epididymo-orchitis is very rare in childhood brucellosis. Herein, we present a case of brucellosis in a child with a rare combination of terminal ileitis and epididymo-orchitis not reported previously in the literature.

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