Brucellosis in Nineveah province

During the period from August to December 1989, blood and/or synovial specimens of 175 patients from Ninevah Province, were cultured into Brain-Heart Infusion [Difco B37]. The patients comprised 64 males [36.6%] and 111 females [63.4%] with mean age of 30.3 +/- 15.7 years who showed positive agglutinin for brucella. Brucella has been isolated from 124 [70.9%] cases. On the bases of C02 requirement of the isolates, cultural and microscopical characteristics, biochemical tests, dye sensitivity and the growth on a special medium, the majority of the isolates [77.4%] gave the characteristics of Br. abortus. Results of the culture were discussed in relation to that of the serology and other factors