DIAGNOSIS OF BRUCELLA MELITENSIS INFECTION BY PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE LIVER
Authors: R FOGEL, S LEWIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Case Reports1 July 1960DIAGNOSIS OF BRUCELLA MELITENSIS INFECTION BY PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE LIVERRICHARD FOGEL, M.D., SANFORD LEWIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.RICHARD FOGEL, M.D., SANFORD LEWIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-1-204 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe only absolute confirmation of the diagnosis of brucellosis is the isolation ofBrucellaorganisms from the patient.Brucellaorganisms tend to localize in sites where there are large amounts of reticuloendothelial tissue.1Hepatic involvement in brucellosis has been known since the original description of undulant fever as a disease entity by Marston in 1859.2Needle biopsy has been used to obtainBrucella abortusafter blood cultures were negative.2, 3Such a report from our own hospital3stimulated us to make an attempt at confirmation of a suspected case of brucellosis by percutaneous needle biopsy of the liver. The diagnosis...Bibliography1. SpinkMcCulloughHutchingsMingle WWNBLMCK: Diagnostic criteria for human brucellosis, J. A. M. A. 149: 805-808, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. McCulloughEisele NBCW: Brucella hepatitis leading to cirrhosis of the liver, Arch. Int. Med. 88: 793-802, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. CohenRobinsLipstein FBBW: Isolation of Brucella abortus by percutaneous liver biopsy, New England J. Med. 257: 228-230, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. JordanBorts CFIH: Brucellosis and infection caused by three species of Brucella , Am. J. Med. 2: 156-168, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. JordanBorts CFIH: Occurrence of Brucella melitensis in Iowa, J. A. M. A. 130: 72-74, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: RICHARD FOGEL, M.D.; SANFORD LEWIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.*Received for publication January 13, 1959.From the Department of Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Hospital, Newark, New Jersey.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Richard Fogel, M.D., 500 South Centre Street, Orange, New Jersey. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMicrobiological Laboratory Diagnosis of Human Brucellosis: An OverviewLaboratory Diagnosis of Human BrucellosisLiver histology of acute brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensisBacterial Liver Abscess and Other Bacterial InfectionsBacteremia is as unpredictable as clinical manifestations in human brucellosisInfektiöse LebererkrankungenBrucellosis: OverviewHepatitisDetection of Brucellae in Blood CulturesJaundice of Systemic InfectionOverviewGastrointestinal brucellosisCase 27-1983: Granulomatous HepatitisSection F. Milk-borne diseaseThe liver and Its Diseases 1 July 1960Volume 53, Issue 1 Page: 204-206 Keywords Biopsy Blood Brucella Brucellosis Fevers Hospital medicine Liver Liver diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...