Journal of Medical Diagnostic Methods
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Microbiology Laboratory, Mersin City Hospital, Mersin, Turkey

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• Case Report   
  Three Cases of Brucellosis Which Misidentified with Automated Bacterial Identification System
  Author(s): Şahin R*
  
  Brucellosis can hold every organ and tissue, there is no specific clinical finding. In particular, the liver, bone marrow, spleen and lymph nodes as well as the organs of the lymphoreticular system, but more; heart, genito-urinary system organs, central nervous system can hold different organs and tissues, such as joints. Culture, serology, automated identification systems and polymerase chain reaction are used in the diagnosis. n this paper, three case of brucellosis presented which misidentified with an automated bacteria identification system. The first case; 16-year-old female patient, pilonidal cyst, abdominal pain unspecified preliminary diagnoses, second case; 23-year-old female patient, bacterial meningitis, unspecified prediagnosis, third case; 15-year-old female patient: The bacteria were grown in blood and brain fluid samples which taken from patient. Misidentified as Burk.. View More»
  

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