Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
DOI
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Abstract
Pleural involvement is a rare presentation of brucellosis. There are only a few case reports in the literature presenting with pleural involvement due to brucellosis. In this report, we present a case with exudative pleural fluid first considered as tuberculous pleurisy due to lymphocyte predominance and elevated level of pleural adenosine deaminase, but later diagnosed as brucella pleurisy with positive serologic and microbiologic test results. In conclusion, in the differential diagnosis of pleurisies, routine serologic and bacteriologic methods appear to be more important than pleural adenosine deaminase elevation, especially in regions endemic for both tuberculosis and brucellosis.
Keywords
Adenosine deaminase, Brucella melitensis, pleural effusion
First Page
73
Last Page
76
Recommended Citation
KARAHOCAGİL, MUSTAFA KASIM; AKDENİZ, HAYRETTİN; KIRIKÇI, AZİZ DURSUN; KARSEN, HASAN; and SERTOĞULLARI, BÜNYAMİN (2008) "Highly Elevated Adenosine Deaminase Level in Brucellar Pleural Effusion," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 38: No. 1, Article 11. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol38/iss1/11
