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Author: Lee, Jee Young; Jeon, Yongduk; Ahn, Mi Young; Ann, Hea Won; Jung, In Young; Jung, Wooyong; Kim, Moo Hyun; Ahn, Jin Young; Song, Je Eun; Kim, Yong Chan; Oh, Dong Hyun; Kim, Eun Jin; Jeong, Su Jin; Ku, Nam Su; Kim, Hyunsoo; Lee, Kyungwon; Kim, June Myung; Choi, Jun Yong
Title: An Imported Case of Brucella melitensis Infection in South Korea
  • Document date: 2017_11_14
    • ID: sc411pol_5
    Snippet: A 48-year-old male Korean construction worker with no medical history developed fever and back pain while working in Karbala, Iraq. The patient went to a local hospital, where he received an intravenous steroid injection and oral antibiotics. After his fever spiked to 40 and his back pain worsened, the patient received 4 days of intravenous antibiotics. When the fever and back pain failed to improve, the patient returned to Korea for further eval.....
    Document: A 48-year-old male Korean construction worker with no medical history developed fever and back pain while working in Karbala, Iraq. The patient went to a local hospital, where he received an intravenous steroid injection and oral antibiotics. After his fever spiked to 40 and his back pain worsened, the patient received 4 days of intravenous antibiotics. When the fever and back pain failed to improve, the patient returned to Korea for further evaluation. The patient was transported to a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea that was in the midst of an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Due to the patient's fever and recent travel to Iraq, he was isolated for 72 hours until a sputum test for MERS-CoV came back negative. On admission, the patient's vitals were as follows:

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