| Literature DB >> 28378214 |
Meenu Singh1, Manju Salaria1, Lata Kumar1.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Keywords: Brucellosis; Children; Pneumonia
Year: 2005 PMID: 28378214 DOI: 10.1007/BF02760583
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Pediatr ISSN: 0019-5456 Impact factor: 1.967