Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

A Case of Multi-Ulcerative Abscess Due to Brucella abortus in Kerman, South East of Iran

Document Type : Case Series

Authors

Naser Shahabi Nejad 1
Nasim Eftekhari 2
Shayan Shahabi Nejad 3

1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Seyyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Kerman, Iran

2 Department of Microbiology, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

3 Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary

https://doi.org/10.30476/ijms.2018.40560
Abstract
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.

Keywords

Brucella abortus
Brucellosis
Ulcerative abscess
Iran
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 43, Issue 5 - Serial Number 5
95
September 2018
Pages 546-549


  • Received 05 August 2017
  • Revised 15 March 2020
  • Accepted 24 December 2018

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