disease. That it should be so rare in India is surprising considering that Polding (1947) reported that 10 per cent to 50 per cent of aborting Indian cattle in certain rural areas were infected with brucellosis and so long as we have brucellosis among cattle we will have the disease among human beings. The fact however is that even 85 per cent of cases of acute brucellosis are missed, being tak...

We developed an assay to detect antibodies spontaneously secreted in vitro by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) against Brucella spp. High levels of anti-Brucella immunoglobulin G (IgG) and/or IgM and/or IgA antibodies were detected in the cell supernatant solution of PBMC cultures for 12 patients suffering from acute or focalized brucellosis and for 5 patients recently vaccinated again...

Introduction: Brucellosis is zoonotic infection caused by Brucella bacteria. It is endemic in Turkey. Brucellosis can be followed by genitourinary complications in 2-20% of cases. The most common genitourinary complication in males is unilateral brucellar epididymo-orchitis (BEO). However, it can also rarely cause acute interstitial nephritis, pyelonephritis, prostatitis, focal and diffuse glom...

Background: Brucellosis in male goats is characterized by arthritis, orchitis and epididymitis, which may induce infertility. Nevertheless, these lesions were categorized as chronic while acute lesions had not been described. This study investigates the histopathological and immuno histochemistry reactions in organs of bucks acutely infected by Brucella melitensis. Results: Only testis and prep...

* Corresponding author at: Ayse Albayrak, Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases, Erzurum Region Education and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey. Tel: +90-44223255 61, Fax: + 90-4422325090. E-mail address: [email protected] Brucellosis, a bacterial disease caused by members of the genus Brucella, remains one of the most common zoonotic diseases worldwide (1-3). The...

Mild anemia and leukopenia are the most common hematologic problems of acute brucellosis. Mild thrombocytopenia also occurs, but severe cases are uncommon. Thrombocytopenia occurs because of bone marrow suppression, hypersplenisem, hemophagocytosis, and immunologic destruction of the cells or disseminated intravascular coagulation. In endemic areas, hemorrhagic fevers, hematologic malignancies,...

TO THE EDITOR—Brucellosis is an infectious disease prevalent in many countries , with half a million new cases reported each year [1, 2]. Brucellosis can easily become chronic, resulting in great suffering and health burden for the patient due to treatment failure and relapse. Timely and accurate diagnosis is a prerequisite for efficient treatment and prevention of chronic infection [3]. Howeve...