Brucellosis revealed via persistent urinary tract infection
Keywords:
Adolescent, Brucellosis, Non-specific, Persistent, Urinary tract infectionAbstract
Urinary tract infection is common in children. Bacterial infections are the most common cause of it. Pyuria is sensitive but nonspecific in making a diagnosis, urine culture is the criterion standard. Persistent urinary tract infection associated with fever is a very concerning finding in pediatric patients. Here is reported the case of an adolescent , in whom the persistence of fever with pyuria arouse suspicion towards Brucellosis. Brucellosis in children is associated with non-specific symptoms. It is a systemic disease which may be presented with focal symptoms of any organ system, including urinary tract.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
Copyright (c) 2026 International journal of health sciences
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Articles published in the International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS) are available under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Authors retain copyright in their work and grant IJHS right of first publication under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this journal, and to use them for any other lawful purpose.
Articles published in IJHS can be copied, communicated and shared in their published form for non-commercial purposes provided full attribution is given to the author and the journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
This copyright notice applies to articles published in IJHS volumes 4 onwards. Please read about the copyright notices for previous volumes under Journal History.
