ACUTE FOCAL BACTERIAL NEPHRITIS IN CHILDHOOD BRUCELLOSIS

Brucellosis is an infectious disease transmitted from various animal h osts to man. In children the most common route of infection is unpaste urized milk or milk products. Brucellosis affects the urinary tract un commonly, most frequently causing orchioepididymitis. We report the ca se of a 4-year-old boy with brucellosis who developed acute focal bact erial nephritis (AFBN), documented by sonography, gallium scan, and co mputed tomography. After appropriate treatment his symptoms and his so nographic abnormality resolved completely. To the best of our knowledg e, this is the first report of the association of AFBN and brucellosis .