Pleural and Pericardial Effusions: Rare Presentations of Brucellosis, Iran

Pleural and Pericardial Effusions: Rare Presentations of Brucellosis, Iran

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We report a rare case of brucellosis presenting with pleural and pericardial effusions in a 35 year-old male rancher in Iran with fever and dyspnea. Such findings should prompt inclusion of brucellosis in the differential diagnosis in endemic areas.

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Main Authors: Abdolreza Soudbakhsh, Maryam Roham, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Hamid Emadi Kochak, Willi McFarland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-05-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
Subjects:
Brucellosis
Pericardial effusion
Pleural effusion
Iran
Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3750
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spelling doaj-2c9d3320d1ff40efba85bd0d89ff03c92020-11-25T03:42:50ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60251735-96942011-05-01495Pleural and Pericardial Effusions: Rare Presentations of Brucellosis, IranAbdolreza Soudbakhsh0Maryam Roham1SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi2Hamid Emadi Kochak3Willi McFarland4Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.University of California, San Francisco, USA.We report a rare case of brucellosis presenting with pleural and pericardial effusions in a 35 year-old male rancher in Iran with fever and dyspnea. Such findings should prompt inclusion of brucellosis in the differential diagnosis in endemic areas. https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3750BrucellosisPericardial effusionPleural effusionIran
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author Abdolreza Soudbakhsh
Maryam Roham
SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi
Hamid Emadi Kochak
Willi McFarland
spellingShingle Abdolreza Soudbakhsh
Maryam Roham
SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi
Hamid Emadi Kochak
Willi McFarland
Pleural and Pericardial Effusions: Rare Presentations of Brucellosis, Iran
Acta Medica Iranica
Brucellosis
Pericardial effusion
Pleural effusion
Iran
author_facet Abdolreza Soudbakhsh
Maryam Roham
SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi
Hamid Emadi Kochak
Willi McFarland
author_sort Abdolreza Soudbakhsh
title Pleural and Pericardial Effusions: Rare Presentations of Brucellosis, Iran
title_short Pleural and Pericardial Effusions: Rare Presentations of Brucellosis, Iran
title_full Pleural and Pericardial Effusions: Rare Presentations of Brucellosis, Iran
title_fullStr Pleural and Pericardial Effusions: Rare Presentations of Brucellosis, Iran
title_full_unstemmed Pleural and Pericardial Effusions: Rare Presentations of Brucellosis, Iran
title_sort pleural and pericardial effusions: rare presentations of brucellosis, iran
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Acta Medica Iranica
issn 0044-6025
1735-9694
publishDate 2011-05-01
description We report a rare case of brucellosis presenting with pleural and pericardial effusions in a 35 year-old male rancher in Iran with fever and dyspnea. Such findings should prompt inclusion of brucellosis in the differential diagnosis in endemic areas.
topic Brucellosis
Pericardial effusion
Pleural effusion
Iran
url https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3750
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