Hepatic abscess: a rare manifestation of brucellosis in children.

Eur J Pediatr

Department of Pediatrics, Medicine Faculty, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.

Published: June 2008

Hepatic abscess caused by brucellosis is extremely rare in children. We report the case of a 5-year-old girl in whom an abscess of the liver developed during an episode of acute brucellosis. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of hepatic abscess caused by brucellosis in a child.

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