Brucellosis As a Cause of Intestinal Perforation.

Cureus

Surgical Unit II, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical Uninversity, Rawalpindi, PAK.

Published: February 2020

Brucellosis is a multisystem zoonotic infection. Patients usually presents with fever and nonspecific systemic symptoms but may rarely present with clinical presentation of an acute abdomen. In this case report, we present a 32-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with symptoms of acute abdomen. Exploration revealed ileal perforation secondary to brucellosis, for which loop ileostomy was fashioned.

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