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A Middle Aged Man Presented with Prolonged Fever and Low Back Pain Diagnosed as Brucellosis
Author(s) -
Mahbub Mayukh Rishad,
Sumaiya Akter,
Mohammad Zahiruddin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bangladesh journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8366
pISSN - 1023-1986
DOI - 10.3329/bjm.v33i1.56796
Subject(s) - brucellosis , medicine , disease , presentation (obstetrics) , dilemma , intensive care medicine , back pain , case presentation , pediatrics , alternative medicine , surgery , pathology , immunology , philosophy , epistemology
Brucellosis is a Zoonotic disease which is not so common health problem in Bangladesh. For its variable presentation it creates diagnostic challenge for the clinicians. Although Brucellosis is a treatable and curable condition sometimes delay in diagnosis and lack of insight for the disease creates high morbidity. In this case report we have presented a case of brucellosis presented with prolong fever, joint pain with complications which created dilemma in diagnosis in a tertiary care private hospital of Dhaka. The purpose of presenting this case report is to create concern among the clinicians regarding the variablepresentation of Brucellosis& emphasizing to clinical judgment over investigations, especially in limited resources.Bangladesh J Medicine July 2022; 33(1) : 89-93

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