Author/Authors :
Shahabi Nejad, Naser Department of Infectious Diseases - Seyyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Kerman , Eftekhari, Nasim Department of Microbiology, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman , Shahabi Nejad, Shayan Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Abstract :
Cutaneous involvement is an unusual complication in brucellosis
that has been reported to range between 0.4% and 17%. We
here introduce a 40-year-old shepherd, who presented with two
ulcerative abscesses in his lower left leg. Cultivation of the
abscess aspirate was positive for Brucella abortus. The first titer
of his serological test was 1/160, which subsequently rose to
1/640. In countries like Iran where brucellosis is still endemic, it
is important to take Brucella species into account among other
pyogenic bacteria as a causative agent of cutaneous abscesses.
Keywords :
Brucella abortus , Brucellosis , Ulcerative abscess , Iran
