Summary
Soft tissue locations ofBrucella are a rare finding. We report the isolation ofBrucella melitensis from a suspected breast tumour of a woman who also showed signs of uveitis. Three weeks after surgical drainage and despite antimicrobial therapy a new abscess developed on the other breast whose culture also yieldedBrucella. As observed, unusual localization of brucellosis without previous penetrating injury may be the only manifestation of chronic infection.
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Weichteilaffektionen durchBrucella sind selten. Wir berichten über eine Frau mit Verdacht auf Mammatumor und Uveitis, bei derBrucella melitensis aus der entzündlichen Schwellung isoliert wurde. Trotz antimikrobieller Therapie und chirurgischer Ausräumung des entzündlichen Gewebes entstand auf der anderen Seite ebenfalls ein Abszeß, aus demBrucella isoliert wurde. Der Fall zeigt, daß ohne penetrierendes Trauma als einzige Manifestation einer chronischen Brucella-Infektion ein Brucelloseherd mit ungewöhnlicher Lokalisation auftreten kann.
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Gasser, I., Almirante, B., Fernández-Pérez, F. et al. Bilateral mammary abscess and uveitis caused by brucella melitensis — Report of a case. Infection 19, 44–45 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01643759
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