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Sero – epidemiological study of brucellosis among patients with pyrexia of unknown origin in Najaf governorate | ||
| KUFA MEDICAL JOURNAL | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-138 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; Kareem Ghaly Alzubaidy MBChB; | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Across – sectional study was done to know the role of brucellosis in the causing of pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO), two hundred fifty patients were enrolled in the present study during the period between march – 2005 and February – 2006 in Al – Najaf province. Clinical examination, general investigation and rose bengal test (R.B.T) were done for each patient. The present study showed that 20% of patient with PUO gave a positive Brucella antibody test. The disease seems to be more frequent in woman and more prevalent among rural patients. The peak of incidence is during July and August, and finally there was a positive correlation between severity of disease and agglutination titre of R.B.T. | ||
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