Childhood brucellosis in Babol, Iran
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Microscopy-based Assays for High-throughput Screening of Host Factors Involved in Brucella Infection of Hela Cells
Published on: August 5, 2016
Mohammad Reza Hasanjani Roushan1, Seyed Ahmad Asgharzadeh Ahmadi, Seyed Mokhtar Smailnejad Gangi
1Department of Infectious Diseases, Babol Medical University, Babol 4717641367, Iran. hagar2q@yahoo.ca
Abstract:
This prospective study was conducted on 111 children with brucellosis, who attended the Department of Infectious Diseases, Babol, Iran, from September 1999 to March 2003. Fever (73.9%), sweating (67.6%), artheralgia (49.5%) and splenomegaly (18%) were common findings. The disease was acute and sub-acute in 97.3% and chronic in 2.7% of cases. Peripheral arthritis was seen in 35 (31.5%) of cases, which was monoarticular in 29 patients, most involving the knees and hips. Sacroilitis was seen in six (5.4%) cases.
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