Advanced search
Publication Cover
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 35, 2003 - Issue 5
Submit an article Journal homepage
28
Views
9
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
CASE REPORTS

Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Brucella melitensis

Serap Gençer Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, IstanbulCorrespondencee-mail. [email protected]
&
Serdar Özer Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
Pages 341-343 | Received 06 Dec 2002, Accepted 04 Feb 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
Sample our Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health journals, sign in here to start your FREE access for 14 days

Abstract

This report presents a case of blood and ascitic fluid culture-proven spontaneous bacterial peritonitis caused by Brucella melitensis in a 67-y-old male with congestive heart failure. Ten cases of reported previously brucella peritonitis are reviewed, 3 of which were ascitic fluid culture negative.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.