ASY Leung, WL Yu, ACH Ho, TF Leung

Abstract

Brucellosis, although not prevalent in Hong Kong, is a challenging zoonotic disease in terms of management and diagnosis. It is often overlooked and misdiagnosed in areas of low prevalence, and treatment strategy is different in paediatric population due to the limitation in drug choices and potential medication side effects. We report a 30-month-old boy with refractory brucellosis who presented with pyrexia of unknown origin.

雖然布魯氏菌病在香港並不常見，但在處理和診斷方面是一種具有挑戰性的人畜共患病。在低患病率地區，該病常被忽視和誤診；由於藥物選擇限制和藥物潛在副作用，兒科病人的治療方法也有所不同。我們報告一名30月齡男孩患有頑固性布魯氏菌病，並帶不明原因的發熱病徵。