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Open Learning on Enteric Pathogens, Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 12(5), p. 893-895, 2011

DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1442

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Acute renal failure due to Brucella melitensis

Journal article published in 2011 by Ozgur Dagli, Mehmet Dokur, Gulcihan Guzeldag, Yelda Ozmen
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We present the case of a 42-year-old male patient who applied to the emergency department of our hospital with clinical nephritis, orchitis, acute renal failure without endocarditis, and a low-grade fever. Brucella agglutinin titers were 1:160, Rose Bengal test was positive and Brucella melitensis was isolated from urine and blood cultures.. A combination of oral rifampin (600 mg/day) and doxycycline (200 mg/day) was administered along with supportive treatment leading to resolution of his clinical status by eight weeks. This was a rare complication of severe renal involvement due to brucellosis which resolved with antibiotic treatment.