Diagnosis and treatment of seven patients with brucellosis in non-pastoral areas / 中华内科杂志

ABSTRACT

To explore how to diagnose and treat brucellosis accurately and timely in patients with fever of unkown origin in non-pastoral areas.The epidemiological history,clinical symptoms,complete blood counts,procalcitonin and treatment efficacy of 7 patients with brucellosis were analyzed retrospectively.Some characteristic manifestations should be differentiated from tuberculosis.The clinical symptoms were relieved after combination of doxycycline,rifampicin,levofloxacin and amikacin for 6 weeks,only one patient with bone destruction needed orthopedic surgery.The overall response rate was 6/7.No relapse occurred during half year follow-up.