[Brucellosis: clinical and laboratory findings and treatment in 40 patients]

Forty patients with brucellosis were hospitalized and clinical and laboratory findings of patients were recorded, treatment regimens were discussed. Twenty-five of the patients were males and 15 of the patients were females. Leukopenia 21.62%, anemia 27.02% and ESR elevation 83.87% were found. Fever and exhaustion were present all of the patients. Arthralgia, nonproductive cough, gastrointestinal symptoms, headache and night sweating were the other common symptoms. Hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, hepatosplenomegaly and ronchus were imported physical examination findings. First choice treatment solution was tetracycline-streptomycin combination and this combination succeed 89.19 in percent. Relapses were treated with rifampicin.