Acta Medica Iranica (May 2011)

Pleural and Pericardial Effusions: Rare Presentations of Brucellosis, Iran

  • Abdolreza Soudbakhsh,
  • Maryam Roham,
  • SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi,
  • Hamid Emadi Kochak,
  • Willi McFarland

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49, no. 5

Abstract

Read online

We report a rare case of brucellosis presenting with pleural and pericardial effusions in a 35 year-old male rancher in Iran with fever and dyspnea. Such findings should prompt inclusion of brucellosis in the differential diagnosis in endemic areas.

Keywords