Brucella, a genus of Gram-negative bacteria is the causative agent of brucellosis. The disease, which can affect many organs and systems, is a major public health issue in developing countries where animal husbandry is a common practice. Brucellosis can involve almost any organ system, such as joint, heart, kidney, and particularly the reticuloendothelial system. Although respiratory system inv...

Brucellosis, a frequent bacterial zoonosis, can produce debilitating chronic disease with involvement of multiple organs in human patients. Whereas acute brucellosis is well studied using the murine animal model, long-term complications of host-pathogen interaction remain largely elusive. Human brucellosis frequently results in persistent, chronic osteoarticular system involvement, with complic...

case presentation this is the case of a 22-year-old male with brucella myopericarditis without endocarditis that excellently responded to medical treatment. discussion although brucella myopericarditis is uncommon in endemic areas, it should be considered in the cases with myocarditis and/or pericarditis, especially if no certain explanation exists. introduction brucellosis has various clinical...

Out of 248 samples processed, a total 10 Brucella could recover, three from cows, two from a buffaloes, four from goats and one from a bitch by cultural, morphological, biochemical characteristics and PCR methods. Among the 20 antibiotics tested against the 10 Brucella isolates, variable sensitivity was observed. All the isolates were 100% sensitive to penicillin-G, streptomycin, gentamicin, ch...

Spinal epidural abscess due to Brucella species is usually associated with spondylodiscitis. Urgent surgical decompression should be performed in cases with moderate to severe neurological deficits particularly if progressive. We report clinical features of two cases operated for lumbar epidural abscess caused by Brucella species. Early surgical decompression combined with medical treatment cou...

Brucellosis is a zoonotic and contagious infectious disease caused by infection with Brucella species. The infecting brucellae are capable of causing a devastating multi-organ disease in humans with serious health complications. The pathogenesis of Brucella infection is influenced largely by host factors, Brucella species/strain, and the ability of invading brucellae to survive and replicate wi...

In order to evaluate the diagnostic yield of a PCR assay for patients with focal complications of brucellosis, we studied by PCR and by conventional microbiological techniques 34 nonblood samples from 32 patients with different focal forms of brucellosis. The samples from patients with brucellosis were paired to an equal number of control samples from the same locations of patients whose illnes...

BACKGROUND Brucellosis may cause serious infections in healthy individuals living in countries that are endemic for the infection. However, reports of brucella infections in immunocompromised hosts are relatively rare. CASE PRESENTATIONS Reported here are two patients with acute leukemia who developed Brucella melitensis bacteremia during their follow up at the Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh...

Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) are susceptible to smooth Brucella (s-Brucella) infection and may be exposed such bacteria through the consumption of infected marine mammals, as implied by finding s-Brucella antibodies in polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Svalbard have not previously been investigated for s-Brucella antibodies, but antibodies detected Iceland, Alaska (USA) Russia...