BACKGROUND Caused by intracellular Gram-negative bacteria Brucella spp., brucellosis is the most common bacterial zoonotic disease. Extensive studies in brucellosis have yielded a large number of publications and data covering various topics ranging from basic Brucella genetic study to vaccine clinical trials. To support data interoperability and reasoning, a community-based brucellosis-specifi...

Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease of worldwide distribution and is still endemic in some developing countries. Brucellosis is a systemic disease in which any organ or system of the body can be involved. The most commonly affected systems are the locomotor, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, haematological, cardiovascular, respiratory, and central nervous systems. Cutaneous manifestatio...

Background: Hydatid disease, or cystic echinococcosis, is a parasitic infection caused by tapeworm. Pulmonary hydatid the second common manifestation of disease. We present patient who was diagnosed with recurrent cyst in lung and later brucellosis, which highly contagious zoonotic Case presentation: A 47-years-old male pulmonary disease after computed tomography (CT) chest-plain done. As had h...

Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases worldwide. The epidemiological situation brucellosis in Russian Federation characterized as unfavorable. remains a problem regions with developed animal husbandry. variety clinical manifestations and absence specific symptoms make its diagnosis challenging. case presented this paper illustrates delayed 10-year-old patient presenting fever ...

Brucellosis is an important zoonosis and a significant cause of reproductive losses in animals. Abortion, placentitis, epididymitis, and orchitis are the most common clinical manifestations in animals. In humans, brucellosis is a debilitating and chronic disease, which may affect a variety of organs. Clinical diagnosis of brucellosis is not easily achieved. Laboratory testing is therefore very ...

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of human brucellosis in Najran, southwestern Saudi Arabia, and to assess the performances of ELISA and PCR as diagnostic tools for brucellosis with respect to conventional methods. The study included 340 patients with clinical characteristics of brucellosis. Blood samples from cases and controls were subjected to culture, standard tube agglutinatio...