%0 Case Reports
%T Brucellosis Mimicking COVID-19: A Point of View on Differential Diagnosis in Patients With Fever, Dry Cough, Arthralgia, and Hepatosplenomegaly.
%A Kucuk GO
%A Gorgun S
%J Cureus
%V 13
%N 6
%D Jun 2021
%M 34322338
暂无%R 10.7759/cureus.15848
%X The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2, emerged in China in late 2019, and a variety of clinical symptoms and signs were reported following patients' clinical presentation. By contrast, human Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis that may present with general symptoms including fever, dry cough, malaise, and arthralgia, making it indistinguishable from other causes of respiratory infection. Here, an 18-year-old man who was hospitalized with a suspected COVID-19 infection, but finally confirmed as having Brucellosis with positive blood culture for Brucella melitensis is presented. This case is a reminder for healthcare workers to consider the diagnosis of Brucellosis in patients exhibiting febrile syndromes in endemic regions during the COVID-19 pandemic.