A Case of Multi-Ulcerative Abscess Due to Brucellaabortusin Kerman, South East of Iran

Cutaneous CREAM involvement is an unusual complication in brucellosis that has been reported to range between 0.4% and 17%.We here introduce a 40-year-old shepherd, who presented with two ulcerative abscesses in his lower left leg.

Cultivation of the abscess aspirate was positive for Brucella abortus.The first titer of his serological test was 1/160, which subsequently rose to 1/640.In countries like Iran where brucellosis is still endemic, it is important to take Brucella species into account among Leather Care other pyogenic bacteria as a causative agent of cutaneous abscesses.

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