Brucellosis in Baghdad [a study of 64 cases]

Cases of brucellosis admitted so lbn. El-Khateeb Hosp. in Baghdad during 1989 were studied, they were 64 cases. The diagnosis depended on the clinical status, the presence of antibrucella antibodies among all of the patients. Besides, the specific microorganism was isolated from the blood of 23 cases and from the cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] of one case. This paper deals with the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the disease