Age and duration of disease as factors affecting clinical findings and sacroiliitis in brucellosis

Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 434-437

  Hizel, K ^a   Guzel, O ^a   Dizbay, M ^a   Karakus, R ^a   Senol, E ^a   Arman, D ^a   Aktas, F ^a   Ulutan, F ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROILIAC JOINT; TURKEY;

EID: 37349011823     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6361-z     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Young EJ: An overview of human brucellosis. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 21: 283-290.
2. Pappas G, Papadimitriou P, Akritidis N, Christou L, Tsianos EV: The new global map of human brucellosis. Lancet Infect Dis 2006; 6: 91-99.
3. Turkish Ministry of Health: Report of the division of communicable diseases. Ankara, 2004 [http://www.saglik.gov.tr/extras/istatistikler/temel2004/ tablo-52.htm].
4. Madkour MM: Osteoarticular brucellosis. In: Madkour MM (ed): Madkour's Brucellosis. Springer, Heidelberg 2001, pp 74-84.
5. Pappas G, Akritidis N, Bosilkovski M, Tsianos E. Brucellosis: N Engl J Med 2005; 352: 2325-2336.
6. Madkour MM: Epidemiological aspects. In: Madkour MM (ed): Madkour's Brucellosis. Springer, Heidelberg 2001, pp 21-32.
7. Gur A, Geyik MF, Dikici B, et al. Complications of brucellosis in different age groups: a study of 283 cases in Southeastern Anatolia of Turkey. Yonsei Med J 2003; 44: 33-44.
8. Yinnon AM, Morali GA, Goren A, et al. Effect of and duration of disease on the clinical manifestations of brucellosis. A study of 73 consecutive patients in Israel. Israel J Med Sci 1993; 29: 11-16.
9. Case definition and treatment guideline Turkish Republic Ministry of Health. Gokce Ofset, Ankara, 2003, pp. 177.
10. Osterman B, Moriyon I: International committee on systematics of prokaryotes. Subcommittee on taxonomy of Brucella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56: 1173-1175.
11. Tasova Y, Saltoglu N, Yilmaz G, Inal S: Brucellosis: an evaluation of clinical, laboratory and treatment features of 238 adult cases. Turk J Infect 1998; 12: 307-312.
12. Tasbakan MI, Yamazhan T, Gokengin D, et al. Brucellosis: a retrospective evaluation. Trop Doct 2003; 33: 151-153.
13. Memish Z, Mah MW, Al Mahmoud S, Al Shaalan M, Khan MY: Brucella Bacteraemia: clinical and laboratory observations in 160 patients. J Infect 2000; 40: 59-63.
14. Ertem GT, Tanyel E, Tulek N, Kosar U: The evaluation of epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory findings of patients with osteoarticular brucellosis. Turk J Clin Microbiol (Klimik) 2004; 17: 28-33.
15. Pourbagher MA, Pourbagher A, Savas L, et al. Clinical pattern and abdominal sonografic findings in 251 cases of brucellosis in Southern Turkey. AJR 2006; 187: W191-W194.
16. Brucellosis in humans and animals. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2006.
17. Aktas F, Senol E, Yetkin A, Gurdogan K, Ulutan F: Relation of clinical and laboratory finding with the duration of illness in Brucellosis. Turk Microbiol Soc J 1994; 24: 164-169.
18. Yüce A, Cavus SA, Yapar N, Çakir N: Brucellosis. An evaluation of 55 cases Turk J Clin Microbiol (Klimik) 2006; 19: 13-17.
19. Madkour MM, Sharif HS, Abed MY, Al-Fayez MA: Osteoarticular brucellosis: results of bone scintigraphy in 140 patients. AJR 1988; 150: 1101-1105.
20. Ruiz-Mesa JD, Gonzales JS, Reguera JM, Martin L, Palmero SL, Colmenero JD: Rose Bengal test: diagnostic yield and use for the rapid diagnosis of human brucellosis in emergency departments in endemic areas. Clin Microb Infect 2005; 11: 221-225.
21. Kokoglu OF, Hosoglu S, Geyik MF, et al. Clinical and laboratory features of brucellosis in two university hospitals in Southeast Turkey. Trop Doct 2006; 36: 49-51.
22. Aydin M, Fuat Yapar A, Savas L, et al. Scintigraphic findings in osteoarticular brucellosis. Nucl Med Commun 2005; 26: 639-647.
23. Kadanali A, Varoglu E, Kerek M, Tasyaran MA: Tc-99m polyclonal human immunoglobulin scintigraphy in brucellosis. Clin Microbiol Infect 2005; 11: 480-485.
24. Cordero-Sanchez M, Alvarez-Ruiz S, Lopez-Ochoa J, Garcia-Talavera JR: Scintigraphic evaluation of lumbosacral pain in brucellosis. Arthritis Rheum 1990; 33: 1052-1055.
25. Namiduru M, Karaoglan I, Gursay S, Bayazit NJ, Sirikci A: Brucellosis of the spine: evaluation of the clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings of 14 patients. Rheumatol Int 2004; 24: 125-129.
26. Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Brucellosis: Geneva: World Health Organization, 1986.
27. Solera J, Geijo P, Largo J, et al. A randomized, double-blind study to assess the optimal duration of doxycycline treatment for human brucellosis CID 2004; 39: 1776-1782.
28. Pappas G, Akritidis N, Bosilkovski M, Tsianos E: Brucellosis. NEJM 2005; 352: 2325-2336.