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Penumonic presentation of brucellosis

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Brucellosis is a rare disease in children. Lung involvement is an uncommon presentation of brucellosis. The authors are presenting a child with brucellosis, who presented with predominant pulmonary involvement. It was an eight-year-old child who was referred to us a case of non-resolving pneumonia. Brucella agglutination test was suggestive of brucellosis. He responded to the combination of doxycycline and rifampicin.

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  1. Advanced Pediatric Center, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India

    Meenu Singh, Manju Salaria (Assistant Professor) & Lata Kumar

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Singh, M., Salaria, M. & Kumar, L. Penumonic presentation of brucellosis. Indian J Pediatr 72, 65–66 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02760583

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