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Case Reports
. 2019 Oct-Dec;11(4):388-390.
doi: 10.4103/JLP.JLP_46_19.

A fatal, rare case of bilateral, upper, lower limbs and abdominal gangrene associated with brucellosis

Tejashree Anantha  1 , Vidyavathii B Chittaragi  1 , M Krishna Karthik  1 , Jagadeesh Kumar  2 , B Sukesh Kumar  1 , Badveti Satya Sai  1
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Case Reports

A fatal, rare case of bilateral, upper, lower limbs and abdominal gangrene associated with brucellosis

Tejashree Anantha et al. J Lab Physicians. 2019 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Brucellosis distributed worldwide is a classical zoonotic disease. Complications associated with gangrene are quite uncommon and may or might not occur during the course of the disease. Here, we report a pediatric age group patient who presented with fever and gangrene over the upper and lower limbs and abdomen associated with brucellosis.

Keywords: Brucella melitensis; brucellosis; early laboratory diagnosis; zoonotic disease.

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Figure 1
The growth of Brucella melitensis on blood agar
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Figure 2
Gram staining picture of Brucella
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Standard agglutination test for brucellosis
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