Primary peritonitis due to brucellosis mimicking tuberculous peritonitis.

Abstract

Peritonitis due to brucellosis is extremely rare and the reported cases are mostly chronic hepatic failure patients with ascites or chronic renal failure patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. We report a 20-year-old male patient, with no underlying disease, who was diagnosed as peritonitis due to brucellosis mimicking tuberculosis, with ascites with pleocytosis, lymphocytic predominance and high levels of adenosine deaminase.

• Authors: Yusuf Ziya Demiroğlu, Tuba Turunç, Hikmet Alişkan, Sule Colakoğlu, Hande Arslan
• Journal: The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology (Turk J Gastroenterol) Vol. 20 Issue 2 Pg. 135-7 (Jun 2009) ISSN: 2148-5607 [Electronic] Turkey
• PMID: 19530047 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Doxycycline
• Rifampin

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Ascites (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Brucellosis (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Doxycycline (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Male
• Paracentesis
• Peritonitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Peritonitis, Tuberculous (diagnosis)
• Rifampin (therapeutic use)
• Young Adult