Open AccessBrucella pleurisy: An extremely rare complication of brucellosis
Author(s) -
Alikhani Ahmad,
Abbaspour Kasgari Hamideh,
Majidi Haadi,
Nekoukar Zahra
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.6366
Subject(s) - medicine , brucella , pleurisy , brucellosis , complication , brucella melitensis , pathogen , lung , pleural effusion , pathology , surgery , immunology
Abstract Brucella is a rare pathogen of the lung. This intracellular organism can involve pleura in the sub‐acute and chronic course of the disease. Here, we introduce an infrequent case of brucella pleurisy that presented to our hospital with chest pain.