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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2020

Is brucellosis a great mimic of tuberculosis? A case report.

Dimitrios Sfairopoulos, Stavroula Tsiara, Fotios Barkas, Persefoni N Margariti, Aris P Agouridis, Constantinos Tsioutis, Evangelia E Ntzani, Evangelos C Rizos

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dimitrios SfairopoulosDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45500, Ioannina, Greece.
Stavroula TsiaraDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45500, Ioannina, Greece.
Fotios BarkasDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45500, Ioannina, Greece.
Persefoni N MargaritiDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Aris P AgouridisSchool of Medicine, European University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Constantinos TsioutisSchool of Medicine, European University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Evangelia E NtzaniEvidence-based Medicine Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.
Evangelos C RizosDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45500, Ioannina, Greece. vagrizos@gmail.com.
University Hospital of Ioannina · GRUniversity of Cyprus · CYUniversity of Ioannina · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) can manifest prolonged fever or fever of unknown origin, especially when it is located extrapulmonary. We report a case of disseminated TB complicated by iliac bone osteolysis and a gluteal abscess in a 75-year-old female patient with fever and bone marrow dysplasia. Diagnosis of TB was made despite transient false-positive high-titer agglutination tests and ELISA antibodies to Brucella. The case presented shows that in a highly suggestive case of TB, positive agglutination tests or ELISA antibodies to Brucella should be interpreted with caution, and repeated testing should be performed to assess their persistence and fluctuation over time.

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AgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsBrucellaBrucellosisDiagnosis, DifferentialDoxycyclineDrug Therapy, CombinationEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleFeverHumansRifampinTuberculosis, PulmonaryAnti-Bacterial AgentsDoxycyclineRifampin

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