| Literature DB >> 8228298 |
M A Halim1, A Ayub, A Abdulkareem, M E Ellis, S al-Gazlan.
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We report the case of a patient with peritonitis caused by Brucella melitensis who also had chronic liver disease. At first the patient was treated for bacterial peritonitis but when a lymphocytic ascites was aspirated antituberculosis chemotherapy was given. However, the serological tests for brucellosis were strongly positive and subsequently B. melitensis was isolated from ascitic fluid.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8228298 DOI： 10.1016/0163-4453(93)94755-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect ISSN： 0163-4453 Impact factor: 6.072