Epidemiological and clinical study of 172 cases of Brucellosis

VernacularTitle:布鲁菌病172例流行病学特点及临床分析
Author: Liping CHEN ; Dongmei LU ; Xiaohong YANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Brucellosis; Epidemiology
From: Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2014;(16):2414-2415
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To summarize the clinical features of brucellosis and investigate the experience of diagnosis and treatment of the disease .Methods Data from epidemic reports and clinical characteristics from 172 ca-ses of patients with brucellosis were retrospectively analyzed .Results 130 out of 172 cases of were diagnosed as bru-cellosisaise.Of the misdiagnosed 42 cases,13 cases were misdiagnosed as lumbar spine ,10 cases as upper respiratory tract infection 8 cases as pancytopenia,5 cases as orchitis epididymitis,2 cases as hepatitis,1 case as prostatitis, 1 case as cervical disease ,1 case as myocarditis ,1 case as rheumatoid arthritis .And after treatment ,142 cases recov-ered completely,16 cases improved.The total efficiency was 100.0%.2 cases without standard treatment recurred ,an interval of 3 to 15 months.Conclusion So the clinical manifestation of brucellosis is lack of specificity that misdiag-nosis rate is high;The manipulation combined with standard antibiotic therapy may have certain effects on early -stage brucellosis .