<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-id>2695-5075</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Iberoamerican Journal of Medicine]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Iberoam J Med]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2695-5075</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Hospital San Pedro]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2695-50752022000200006</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.53986/ibjm.2022.0012</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[A case of Brucella pyelonephritis: a rare case]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Un caso de pielonefritis por Brucella: un caso raro]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Alkan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sevil]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dindar Demiray]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Emine Kübra]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tarhan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nurullah]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Önder]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Taylan]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine Department of Infectious Disease ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Canakkale ]]></addr-line>
<country>Turquía</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Bitlis State Hospital Department of Indectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bitlis ]]></addr-line>
<country>Turquía</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Bitlis State Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bitlis ]]></addr-line>
<country>Turquía</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>4</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>113</fpage>
<lpage>117</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2695-50752022000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2695-50752022000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2695-50752022000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease, seen globally, especially in developing countries and it can affect many organs. Urinary involvement of this disease is a very rare. Pyelonephritis, interstitial nephritis, glomerulonephritis, nephropathy are the reported urinary involvements. In this study, we aimed to report a case of Brucella pyelonephritis, who had complaints mimicking acute bacterial pyelonephritis, with a history of polycystic kidney disease and calculi in the left kidney.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La brucelosis es una enfermedad zoonótica, vista globalmente, especialmente en países en vías de desarrollo y puede afectar muchos órganos. La afectación urinaria de esta enfermedad es muy rara. Pielonefritis, nefritis intersticial, glomerulonefritis y nefropatía son los compromisos urinarios reportados. En este estudio, nuestro objetivo fue informar un caso de pielonefritis por Brucella, que tenía síntomas que simulaban una pielonefritis bacteriana aguda, con antecedentes de poliquistosis renal y cálculos en el riñón izquierdo.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Brucella]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pyelonephtiyis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Brucellosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Brucella]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pielonefritis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Brucelosis]]></kwd>
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