Brucellosis in Medicine / Internal Medicine — 28yo Woman | Infectious Diseases | SMLE Q#11925
SMLE Question #11925
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Objective: OBJ-349
Last updated: February 2026
A 28-year-old woman has 3 weeks of fatigue, malaise, arthralgia, low back pain, and intermittent fever after regularly drinking unpasteurized goat milk. Examination shows mild hepatosplenomegaly. Blood cultures identify Brucella species, and MRI of the lumbosacral spine shows sacroiliitis without CNS involvement. She is started on combination antimicrobial therapy for brucellosis. What is the optimal total duration of antimicrobial therapy for this condition?
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