Importance of Culture for Diagnosing Human Brucellosis / 감염과화학요법
Infection and Chemotherapy
;
: 404-406, 2010.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-11006
ABSTRACT
Human brucellosis is a newly emerging infectious disease in Korea, and the number of the patients with this disease has rapidly increased in recent years. To evaluate the most reliable method in diagnosing human brucellosis, a retrospective study was conducted. Medical records of patients admitted or followed-up at the outpatient department of a tertiary care university hospital during the past 5 years were reviewed. Among a total of 32 human brucellosis patients (24 males and 8 females), 21 (65.6%) were positive for standard tube agglutination test (STA) but negative for blood or bone marrow culture, 7 (21.9%) were positive for both STA and culture, and 4 (12.5%) were STA negative but culture positive. Based on these findings, we recommend that physicians include blood and/or bone marrow culture to obtain definitive diagnosis when clinical symptoms and signs strongly suggest the human brucellosis, even when STA is negative.
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Assunto principal:
Pacientes Ambulatoriais
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Atenção Terciária à Saúde
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Medula Óssea
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Brucelose
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Testes de Aglutinação
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Prontuários Médicos
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Doenças Transmissíveis Emergentes
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Coreia (Geográfico)
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo observacional
Limite:
Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Infection and Chemotherapy
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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