Brucellosis, a diagnostic dilemma, presenting atypically in a child with terminal ileitis: A case report

Table 2 Summary of brucellosis cases with terminal ileitis as reported in the literature

Ref.	Country	Age/sex	Presenting Symptoms	Mode of transmission	Blood culture report	Serology report	Radiology report	Treatment	Outcome
Petrella et al[7], 1988	Texas	Child	-	Unpasteurized goat milk cheese consumption	-	-	Ileitis	-	-
Wang et al[8], 2017	China	15/male	Fever, intermittent, diffuse abdominal pain	H/O eating barbecue	Negative	Positive	USG-thickened ileum	Rifampicin and minocycline for 12 wk	Drastic improvement
Oguz et al[9], 2018	Turkey	17/male	Abdominal pain and a fever for 3 d	Cattle contact, recent abortion in cattle	Negative	Positive	USG-terminal ileum was edematous	Rifampicin and doxycycline 6 wk	Drastic improvement
Tamini et al[10], 2019	Jordan	31/male	Fever, chills, night sweats, abdominal pain for 11 mo	-	Negative	Positive	USG-normal, computed tomography -ileocaecal thickening	Rifampicin and cotrimoxazole for 6 wk	Gradual resolution of fever in 4 wk
Santos et al[11], 2020	Portugal	68/female	Night sweats, abdominal pain, weight loss (10%) for 4 mo	-	Positive for Brucella sp.	Positive	USG-thickened ileum	Rifampicin and doxycycline for 10 wk	Remarkable improvement
Noureen et al[12], 2020	Pakistan	32/male	Fever for 1 d, acute abdominal pain for 1 d	Unpasteurized milk consumption	Negative	Positive	Biopsy- ileitis	Surgery for 2 times, followed by rifampicin and doxycycline for 6 wk	Gradual improvement
Alejandro et al[13], 2021	Mexico	56/female	Severe abdominal pain for 12 h	-	-	Positive	Biopsy- ileitis, colitis	Surgery followed by rifampicin + cotrimoxazole for 6 wk	Improvement after surgery

CTScan: Computed tomography scan; USG: Ultrasonography.