A Rare Disease in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis: Acute Brucellosis

作者:Berber Ilhami*; Erkurt Mehmet Ali; Yetkin Funda; Unlu Serkan; Yilmaz Sami; Bentli Recep; Bazna Sezai
来源:Internal Medicine, 2014, 53(20): 2401-2404.
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2510

摘要

Some infectious organisms may give rise to acute pancreatitis; brucellosis, however, extremely rarely leads to acute pancreatitis. A 40-year-old man was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis, the etiology of which was determined to be acute brucellosis. The patient was discharged without complications approximately 15 days after the initiation of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and doxycycline treatment. Brucella infections may rarely be complicated by acute pancreatitis. Thus, brucellosis should be remembered in the etiology of acute pancreatitis in regions such as Turkey, where Brucella infections are endemic.

  • 出版日期2014