TY - JOUR ID - 40560 TI - A Case of Multi-Ulcerative Abscess Due to Brucella abortus in Kerman, South East of Iran JO - Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - IJMS LA - en SN - 0253-0716 AU - Shahabi Nejad, Naser AU - Eftekhari, Nasim AU - Shahabi Nejad, Shayan AD - Department of Infectious Diseases, Seyyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Kerman, Iran AD - Department of Microbiology, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 43 IS - 5 SP - 546 EP - 549 KW - Brucella abortus KW - Brucellosis KW - Ulcerative abscess KW - Iran DO - 10.30476/ijms.2018.40560 N2 - Cutaneous involvement is an unusual complication in brucellosis that has been reported to range between 0.4% and 17%. We here introduce a 40-year-old shepherd, who presented with two ulcerative abscesses in his lower left leg. Cultivation of the abscess aspirate was positive for Brucella abortus. The first titer of his serological test was 1/160, which subsequently rose to 1/640. In countries like Iran where brucellosis is still endemic, it is important to take Brucella species into account among other pyogenic bacteria as a causative agent of cutaneous abscesses. UR - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_40560.html L1 - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_40560_e7ff5765d1a42e58cad6bd2eae660f92.pdf ER -