Acute hepatitis due to brucellosis.

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Case Reports1 October 1953ACUTE HEPATITIS DUE TO BRUCELLOSISH. NUSHAN, M.D., A. A. BAILEY, M.D.H. NUSHAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, A. A. BAILEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-4-915 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAcute hepatitis due to brucellosis is apparently a rare condition. On reviewing the literature we could find but few references concerning this morbid state. Most authors fail to mention that jaundice may be intense in brucellosis and, if it does occur, they attribute it to some cause other than hepatitis.Hughes1in 1897 stated: "The liver is often tender to pressure and slightly enlarged downward in severe cases at an early stage and also towards the end of prolonged attacks when from continued back pressure it has become somewhat nutmeg in character." Bruce1on microscopic examination found cloudy swelling of...Bibliography1. Hughes ML: Mediterranean, Malta or undulant fever, 1897, Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, England. Google Scholar2. Brucellosis: A symposium under the joint auspices of National Institutes of Health of the Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, U. S. Department of Agriculture National Research Council, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Sept. 22, 1923), 1949, Waverly Press, Inc., Baltimore. Google Scholar3. Amoss HL: Localization of brucella, Internat. Clin. 4: 93-98 (Dec.) 1931. Google Scholar4. ChaikenSchwimmer NWD: Hepatitis in the course of brucella infection, Rev. Gastroenterol. 10: 130-132 (Mar.-Apr.) 1943. Google Scholar5. HoffbauerSpink FWWW: Biopsy of liver in patients with active brucellosis; description of hepatic lesions, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 32: 315-316 (Mar.) 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. RossmillerEnsign HRWG: Hepatitis associated with undulant fever, Cleveland Clin. Quart. 15: 184-185 (Oct.) 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Harris HJ: Brucellosis (undulant fever), 1950, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., New York. Google Scholar8. Young JD: Brucellosis with hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, Memphis M. J. 22: 168-170 (Oct.) 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. Pottenger FM: The use of copper, cobalt, manganese and iodine in the treatment of undulant fever, Ann. West. Med. and Surg. 3: 309-313 (Sept.) 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Gigante D: Un caso di infezione brucellare con epatite itterigena ed ascitogena guarita con aureomicina, Acta med. ital. 6: 70-72 (Mar.) 1951. Google Scholar11. Figuera de Benito Ed: Sobre las hepatitis melitococicas anictericas, Rev. españ. enferm. ap. digest. y nutrición 10: 229-236 (May-June) 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Kecoughtan, Virginia*Received for publication March 27, 1953. (Read in part before the Regional Meeting of The American College of Physicians, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, Virginia, February 26, 1953.)From the Veterans Administration Center, Kecoughtan, Virginia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInteraction of Alloying Elements with Migrating Ferrite/Austenite InterfaceGastrointestinal BrucellosisAcute pancreatitis associated with brucellosisJaundice of Systemic InfectionGastrointestinal brucellosisInfection with Brucella melitensis apparently acquired in the United KingdomHistological findings in human brucellosisBrucellosis in EgyptHEPATIC CHANGES IN HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS 1 October 1953Volume 39, Issue 4Page: 915-919KeywordsBrucellosisHepatitisHepatitis AInflammationLiver ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...