Pneumonic presentation of brucellosis.
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2005-01-03
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Brucellosis is a rare disease in children. Lung involvement is an uncommon presentation of brucellosis. The authors are presenting a child with brucellosis, who presented with predominant pulmonary involvement. It was an eight-year-old child who was referred to us a case of non-resolving pneumonia. Brucella agglutination test was suggestive of brucellosis. He responded to the combination of doxycycline and rifampicin.
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Singh M, Salaria M, Kumar L. Pneumonic presentation of brucellosis. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2005 Jan; 72(1): 65-6