Study of some characteristic features of brucellosis in Tikrit and Samarra cities

Abstract

Brucellosis is an intracellular bacterial disease, requires combined, protracted antibiotic treatment. The most common clinical features are: fever, headache, malaise, sweating, joint pain, lumbar pain, splenomegaly, Hepatomegaly, and arthritis. Clinical features and laboratory investigations form the basis for the diagnosis of brucellosis in humans. To study some characteristic features of brucellosis in Tikrit and Samarra cities. The study includes 80 patients (46 males and 34 females) from Tikrit and Samarra cities. All were reviewed with history, thorough examination, and full relevant investigations. Out of 80 patients with brucellosis, 75 had fever,45 had headache, 42 had joint pain, 19 had malaise, 9 had sweating, 38 had arthritis (16 peripheral arthritis, 20 spondilitis, and 2 sacroiliitis), 28 had splenomegaly, 19 had hepatomegaly, 4 had lymphadenopathy, 19 had increased transamenase, 35 had elevated ESR, and 5 had elevated TSB. All these results are comparable with other studies. A titer of >1:320 BAT should be gathered with a clinical features of brucellosis as a guidance for diagnosis in Iraq , and a combined antibiotic therapy should be used in treatment with follow-up of response.