seroprevalence of brucellosis in hiv-infected patients in sanandaj, iran

results: the mean age of participants in the experimental and control groups were 33.31 ± 7.47 and 34.38 ± 11.29 years, respectively. in the wright tube test for the hiv+ group, 71 individuals (79.8%) did not have an antibody against brucella spp., while 18 patients (20.2%) were positive for the antibody. according to the results of wright tube test for the control group, 63 (12.5%) participants were positive for anti-brucella antibody. the frequency of antibody against brucella spp. in the hiv+ group was significantly higher than that of the control group (p = 0.042). objectives: the current study aimed to determine brucellosis rate in the patients infected with hiv. patients and methods: we included 89 hiv+ patients from sanandaj consultation center for behavioral diseases. patients signed informed written consent before filling out the questionnaire. after serum collection, standard wright tube, coombs-wright and 2me-wright tests were performed. moreover, blood samples obtained from 502 individuals, who were not infected with hiv, were served as the control. background: infection with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) leads to cellular immune deficiency and theoretically patients infected with hiv are susceptible to brucellosis. conclusions: hiv positive individuals in areas endemic for brucellosis must be investigated for the disease.