Chills in Medicine / Internal Medicine — Case | Infectious Diseases | SMLE Q#11926
SMLE Question #11926
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Objective: OBJ-349
Last updated: February 2026
A 28-year-old nonpregnant woman has 3 weeks of fatigue, malaise, diffuse arthralgia, low back pain, and intermittent high fever with chills after drinking unpasteurized goat milk. Examination shows mild hepatosplenomegaly. Blood culture grows Brucella species. She has no cardiac murmur or focal neurologic deficits. Which first-line antibiotic regimen is most appropriate?
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