Year: 2003
Type: Article
Title: Brucellosis and the respiratory system
Author: Pappas, Georgios
Author: Bosilkovski, Mile
Author: Akritidis, Nikolaos
Author: Mastora, Maria
Author: Krteva, Liliana
Author: Tsianos, Epaminondas
Abstract: Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that remains endemic worldwide. Its clinical manifestations and focal complications are often troublesome in making a diagnosis. Involvement of the respiratory system in brucellosis is an acknowledged but rare event that is only occasionally described in literature. We describe 37 cases of respiratory involvement during the course of brucellosis that presented as pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, pleural effusion with a predominance of monocytic or lymphocytic infiltrates, and paroxysmal dry cough. We also discuss aspects of the respiratory pathology, radiological characteristics, coexisting complications, and aspects of treatment of respiratory brucellosis.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Relation: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/24634
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/24634Identifier: 10.1086/378125
Identifier: http://academic.oup.com/cid/article-pdf/37/7/e95/1173738/37-7-e95.pdfIdentifier: 37
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