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Recurrent Enterocolitis‐Like Symptoms as the Possible Presenting Manifestations of Neonatal Brucella Melitensis Infection
Author(s) -
LABRUNE P.,
JABIR B.,
MAGNY J. F.,
GUIBERT M.,
DAMAY M.,
ODIEVRE M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1990.tb11541.x
Subject(s) - medicine , brucella melitensis , brucellosis , enterocolitis , brucella , blood culture , transmission (telecommunications) , immunology , pediatrics , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , electrical engineering , biology , engineering
. A premature infant had three episodes of enterocolitis‐like symptoms during the first three months of life. Brucella melitensis was isolated in a prolonged blood culture on day 85. The clinical manifestations disappeared under treatment and did not recur. A maternofetal transmission is suggested in this case. The importance of prolonged blood cultures when brucellosis is epidemiologically suspected is emphasized.