Antibiotics for treating human brucellosis

Human brucellosis: an evaluation of antibiotics in the treatment of brucellosis.

THE INTRODUCTION of antibiotics has undoubtedly been of great benefit to patients suffering from brucellosis. This has been the general experience of every physician dealing with the management of this disease. The precise role of antibiotics in the treatment of brucellosis, however, has not been established; most recommendations regarding type of antibiotic, dose and duration of treatment, hav...

human brucellosis

Human brucellosis: An overview

Human brucellosis

Dear Editor, The recent report on “human brucellosis” is very interesting (1). Indeed, brucellosis is a zoonosis. As noted by Roushan et al., this disease can be seen in “the Mediterranean areas, the south and the center of America, Africa, Asia, Arab peninsula, Indian subcontinent and the Middle East (1).” Mir et al. noted that this infection should be included in the list of differential diag...

Human brucellosis.

BACKGROUND Human brucellosis has a serious medical impact worldwide, and its eradication poses major difficulties. Although human brucellosis is relatively rare in the United States (approximately 100 cases per year), there is concern that this disease is largely underdiagnosed and underreported. Additionally, immigrants from endemic areas are arriving to this country, and Brucella species are ...