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Case Reports
. 2007 Aug;24(7):409-12.
doi: 10.1055/s-2007-984407. Epub 2007 Jun 27.

Congenital brucellosis: a rare cause of respiratory distress in neonates

Kosmas Sarafidis  1 , Charalambos Agakidis, Elisavet Diamanti, Nikolaos Karantaglis, Emmanuel Roilides
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Congenital brucellosis: a rare cause of respiratory distress in neonates

Kosmas Sarafidis et al. Am J Perinatol. 2007 Aug.

Abstract

Brucellosis represents a rare cause of neonatal infection. In this article we report a very unusual case of congenital infection due to BRUCELLA MELITENSIS in a term neonate presenting after birth with severe respiratory distress and radiological manifestations (lobar consolidation and diffuse interstitial infiltrations) compatible with pulmonary involvement. The neonate was successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, rifampicin, and gentamicin.

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