Brucellosis Infections and Infestations Zoonotic bacterial diseases
Conditions
Interventions
This study was carried out in the Social Security Duzce Hospital and Abant Izzet Baysal Universty Duzce Medical School in Turkey. After obtaining informed consent, a detailed medical history was taken
Sponsors
Izzet Baysal Faculty of Medicine (Turkey)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients suspected to have brucella infection on the basis of clinical (fever, limb and back pains, sweating, fatigue, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, arthritis, sacroileitis, spondylitis, orchitis and headache) and laboratory findings were hospitalised. The diagnosis was based on the presence of signs and symptoms compatible with brucellosis including a positive agglutination titre (greater than or equal to 1/160) and/or a positive culture. All sera obtained from the patients were examined by serial dilution (from 1:10 to 1:1280) using bacterial antigen.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Countries
Turkey
Outcome results
None listed