Title:Brucella Pneumonia with Systemic Complications and Pancytopenia: A Case Report
Volume: 21
Issue: 2
Author(s): Simin Seyedpour, Behzad Khodaei, Malihe Hassan Nezhad, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi and Fereshteh Ghiasvand*
Affiliation:
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Liver Transplantation Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,Iran
Keywords:
Brucellosis, pneumonia, pancytopenia, complication, case report, systemic.
Abstract: Background: Iran, which is regarded as an endemic region for brucellosis, ranks second
in brucella prevalence in the world. Pulmonary involvement is a rare complication of brucellosis.
In this article, we aimed to report a case of systemic brucellosis complicated with brucella pneumonia.
Case Presentation: A 39-years-old man was referred to the emergency department with weakness,
productive coughs and severe weight loss during 8 months. Agglutination tests for brucellosis
showed high titers suggestive for brucella infection. After 6 days of treatment, the patients’ clinical
state improved significantly.
Conclusion: The patient had systemic signs and bone marrow suppression with pulmonary involvement
that his diagnosis confirmed with delay after one year, but with treatment, he had a very good
outcome.
