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...

OBJECTIVE Brucellosis is an endemic zoonosis in Iran. It is a systemic infection that can involve any organs or systems of the body and have variable presentations. Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infections due to brucellosis have been rarely reported in the literatures. This is the history of a four years old boy who developed Brucella meningoencephalitis at the age of 42 months, whilst he ha...

Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases worldwide with a variable frequency in European countries. Brucellosis is usually transmitted after direct contact with or consumption of dairy products from an infected animal. Initially, our patient, a 65 year-old man, had nonspecific manifestations of fever, malaise, headache, anorexia and arthralgia which are the classic symptoms of th...

Brucellosis is a zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk or other dairy products from infected animals or through close contact with their secretions. Human-to-human transmission, which is rare, has been reported in association with blood transfusion, bone marrow transplantation, transplacental or perinatal exposure, and breastfeeding. In the neonatal period, congenital brucellosis, ...

Abstract Background Brucella mellitensis, the most invasive strain of brucella, is the predominant Strain of genus brucella in Iran. It causes variety of hematological abnormalities some of which are frequent and causes difficulties in diagnosis. Objective To find hematological abnormalities of brucellosis in hospitalized patients in an endemic area. Materials and Methods A retrospective ...

We report a new case of a brucellar liver abscess (brucelloma) in a young woman without previous remote brucellosis who presented with pronounced systemic and mild local symptoms. Brucelloma is the result of calcification of a granoulomatous reaction induced by persistent Brucella in macrophages. It represents a rare manifestation that follows previously undetected brucellosis. We describe the ...

OBJECTIVES Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonoses in the world, and occurs mainly in farmers, slaughterhouse workers, and veterinarians via direct or indirect contact with infected animals or their products. The clinical symptoms of human brucellosis are nonspecific, such as fever, headache, chills, and sweating. Diagnosis and treatment of brucellosis requires laboratory tests. Although...

Introduction Brucellosis is a zoonosis caused by gram-negative coccobacillus bacterium of the genus Brucella, which can be transmitted direct contact with animals or their secretions. Is an acute subacute systemic disease that generally starts two to four weeks after inoculation. Its symptoms are nonspecific, but typically presented fever, night sweats, arthralgias asthenia. Although being ende...