Brucellosis, whether in an endemic region or not, remains a diagnostic puzzle due to occasional misleading unusual presentations and non-specific symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and laboratory findings, complications and treatment outcome of brucellosis in children in southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. This study focuses on the frequency of clinical and laboratory findi...

Brucellosis is an ancient disease with host-specific evolutionary mechanisms that allow itto hide from or manipulate cellular immunity and achieve intracellular persistence. The disease yields low fatality rates but can cause substantial disabilities. Zoonotic brucellosis remains widespread and neglected in many areas despite notable advances in science, technology, and management in the 19th a...

Historically, brucellosis from Brucella suis infection occurred among workers in swine slaughterhouses. In 1972, the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Brucellosis Eradication Program was expanded to cover swine herds. Subsequent elimination of brucellosis in commercial swine resulted in a decrease in B. suis-associated illness in humans. Currently, swine-associated brucellosis in humans i...

brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in iran and human brucellosis is endemic in all parts of the country. growth of brucella is slow and blood culture of these bacteria by use of classical methods is time-consuming. furthermore, in endemic area culture is required for definitive diagnosis. in the present study, direct urease test and acridine orange staining were tried on th...

introduction headache is a common complaint in children, and it has a significant effect on their daily living activities. having a definite diagnosis for the cause of the headache is very important for its appropriate management. case presentation we report a 12-year-old boy complaining of chronic headache, with a positive family history of migraine. the only abnormal finding in his general an...

Brucellosis is one of the major zoonotic diseases that affect several domestic animals, wild animals and also marine mammals. Though there is no specific Brucella sp. that can affect horses, B. abortus and B. suis can affect horses naturally and B. canis experimental infection has also been reported in equines. Brucellosis in equines is characterized by two conditions namely Poll evil and fistu...

Brucellosis is a complicated disease in terms of epidemiology, diagnosis and control. Although many serological tests and new automated blood culture techniques have been developed to diagnose brucellosis, there are still significant problems in the diagnosis of the disease. The present work aimed to evaluate the diagnostic yield of the two main serological tests used for diagnosis of brucellos...

Brucellosis is considered the major zoonosis in developing countries. In susceptible ani‐ mal species, diagnosis of brucellosis remains a challenge due to the variety of clinical signs that it shares with a wide range of diseases. At present, isolation of Brucella is con‐ sidered the gold standard for diagnosis of brucellosis; because of its low sensitivity and be‐ coming potentially hazardous ...

introduction granulomatous epididymo-orchitis is a rare complication of brucellosis that usually appears in patients with antecedent brucella infection. case presentation the current study reports an 18-year-old man with acute epididymo-orchitis. in this case, an anti-brucella treatment was started based on epidemiological history and clinical findings, but the final diagnosis was established o...

Abstract Background Brucellosis is endemic in Iran, and is seen in all age groups, including children. Its diagnosis in childhood needs a high index of suspicion. The diagnostic methods currently in use need evaluation for analytical performance. Objective The present study tries to evaluate the hematological indices, serologic markers of inflammation and symptoms in patients suspected of...