Open AccessA case of brucellosis presenting with pericardial and pleural effusion
Author(s) -
Altas Meryem Hilal,
Karli Arzu,
Sensoy Gulnar,
Koken Ozlem,
Yurek Burak,
Baysal Kemal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the clinical respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.789
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1752-699X
pISSN - 1752-6981
DOI - 10.1111/crj.12465
Subject(s) - medicine , brucellosis , pericardial effusion , etiology , presentation (obstetrics) , pleural effusion , pathology , surgery , immunology
Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonotic infection with a diverse clinical presentation. Pericardial and pleural involvement is rare in brucellosis. There is no presentation with pleural and pericardial effusion in childhood brusellosis. In endemic countries Brucellosis must thought as an unknown etiology of pericardial and pleural effusion.