BACKGROUND The objectives of this systematic review, commissioned by WHO, were to assess the frequency and severity of clinical manifestations of human brucellosis, in view of specifying a disability weight for a DALY calculation. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Thirty three databases were searched, with 2,385 articles published between January 1990-June 2010 identified as relating to human brucel...

Brucellosis is a global and zoonotic bacterial disease (animals to man and not man to man) soliciting attention world-wide not only occupational but as a public health and economic problem to dairy and animal industries. It has many synonyms such as Malta, Mediterranean, undulant, Gibralter, and Neopolitan fever. The infection is by a bacteria, Brucella is directly or indirectly harboured in fa...

Brucellosis is a world-wide zoonosis and systemic disease affecting various organs. The causative organism is an intracellular proteobacteria gram-negative bacillus of the genus Brucella. Human brucellosis is a multi organ disease, transmitted via unpasteurized animal milk and cheese. A renewed scientific interest in human brucellosis has be enfueled by its recent reemergence [1,2]. Symptoms ar...

Human brucellosis is mainly caused by contact with Brucella-infected animals and their secretions and carcasses. Individuals who are continuously in contact with animals are considered to be at a high risk but only some show symptoms and are diagnosed as cases of brucellosis. Here, we showed that asymptomatic brucellosis infections occur among humans. Asymptomatic infections mainly result from ...

Background: Brucellosis is a neglected zoonotic disease affecting humans and animals. Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of brucellosis in patients with joint pain. Methods: A total 200 participants aged from 7 86 years were involved this study. Blood samples collected all for two years, September 2019 2021, screened Brucella using anti-brucella IgM ELISA IgG antibodies...

We investigated the role of the lysis centrifugation blood culture technique over the conventional Castaneda technique for the diagnosis of human brucellosis. The lysis centrifugation technique has been found to be more sensitive in both acute (20% higher sensitivity; P < 0.00001) and chronic (40% higher sensitivity; P = 0.087) forms of brucellosis. The major advantage of lysis centrifugation w...

Colitis is a rare but serious and life-threatening complication of brucellosis. The association of infective colitis and brucellosis has formerly been reported. However, to our knowledge, we report herein the first case of lymphocytic colitis due to brucellosis. A 44-year-old man presented with myalgia, chronic diarrhea and intermittent vomiting. Laboratory tests showed severe hypokalemia with ...

Medicine Service of the Hospital Condes de Castro Guimarães, Cascais Received for publication on the 18 November 97 Abstract The hepatic pseudotumoural localization of brucellosis is rare: only 29 cases have been described in the literature. The authors present a case of chronic hepatic pseudotumoural brucellosis, in a patient who underwent a partial hepatectomy, 14 years earlier, prior to this...

 Brucellosis is an infectious disease with high incidence in Iran. Neurobrucellosis is a focal complication of brucellosis affecting both central and peripheral nervous system presenting with a varieties of signs and symptoms. The most reported manifestations are meningitis and meningoencephalitis. In this report, we will describe a case of a young woman affected by neurobrucellosis presen...

CONTEXT Hemosuccus pancreaticus is an uncommon cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Chronic infection of the pancreas with Brucellosis causing hemosuccus pancreaticus has not been previously reported. CASE REPORT We describe a case of a 75-year-old man presenting with a pancreatic mass and hemosuccus pancreaticus secondary to chronic pancreatic brucellosis. Polymerase chain reaction anal...