Clinical profile of brucellosis from a tertiary care center in southern India
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
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(12): 397-400, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To highlight the spectrum of clinical manifestations, labs, complications, treatment and outcome of brucellosis.@*METHODS@#Retrospective study was conducted in Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Karnataka, India which included 68 confirmed cases of brucellosis from January 2006- April 2010. Diagnosis of brucellosis was made by culturing the sera/body fluids by standard BACTEC method (or) by testing the sera for Brucella agglutinins using the standard agglutination test (SAT). A titer of 1320 or more was considered as significant. SPSS 16 was used for statistical analysis and Microsoft Excel for graphical representation.@*RESULTS@#Of the 68 patients, 46 (68%) were male and 22 (32%) were female patients with age distribution of 9-75 years. Forty four (64.7%) had history of contact with unpasteurized dairy products or infected animals. Symptoms included fever (68, 100%), myalgia (21, 31%), musculoskeletal symptoms (23, 34%), headache (16, 24%), gastrointestinal symptoms (19, 28%) and altered sensorium (3, 4%). Co-morbidities and associations included HIV positivity (2, 3%), type 2 diabetes mellitus (13, 19%), steroid therapy (3, 4%) and HBsAg positivity (8, 12%). Ten (15%) patients had cervical lymphadenopathy, 4(6%) had splenic enlargement, 6 (7%) had hepatomegaly, 19 (28%) had hepatosplenomegaly and 2(3%) got meningeal signs. Anaemia was observed in 39 (57.3%) cases, high erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was present in 55 (80.8%) cases, leucocytosis in 10(14.7%), leucopenia in 10(14.7%), thrombocytopenia in 23 (33.82%) and thrombocytosis in 2 (2.94%) cases.@*CONCLUSIONS@#In countries like India, where brucellosis and tuberculosis are endemic; rapid, sensitive and highly specific diagnostic methods are required to make early diagnosis and prevent resistance as there is an overlap in therapy.
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Assunto principal:
Brucelose
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Doenças Cardiovasculares
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Epidemiologia
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Diagnóstico
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Tratamento Farmacológico
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Índia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Idoso
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Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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