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Brucellosis mimic SLE

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Infectious diseases

Abstract

Brucellosis is an infectious disease with articular involvement. Brucellosis and rheumatologic disorders are difficult to discriminate between them in regions endemic to brucellosis.
The autoantibody level in patients with brucellosis has been discussed in a few studies. In one study showed autoimmune processes in the pathogenesis of brucellosis .
The purpose of this paper is to report a case of brucellosis that presented with positive autoimmune markers while negative Brucella agglutination test. Also the effectiveness of prednisolone in an acute phase.

DOI

10.21608/aeji.2017.17832

Keywords

Brucellosis, SLE, prozone phenomenon

Authors

First Name

Ahmad

Last Name

Rashed

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Affiliation

Intern , Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

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ahmad4.93@hotmail.com

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First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Hassan

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Affiliation

Consultant Internal Medicine, Alnoor Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

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First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Abuhamdah

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Affiliation

Internal Medicine Specialist, Alnoor Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

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First Name

Abdulaziz

Last Name

Almalki

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Internal Medicine Specialist, Alnoor Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

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Volume

7

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

3473

Issue Date

2017-12-01

Receive Date

2017-12-11

Publish Date

2017-12-28

Page Start

218

Page End

219

Print ISSN

2090-7613

Online ISSN

2090-7184

Article File

AEJI_Volume 7_Issue 4_Pages 218-219.pdf

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/article_17832.html

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Case report

Type Code

622

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Journal

Publication Title

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/

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Created At

22 Jan 2023