Abstract

Brucellosis is an important preventable disease for our country. To investigate by sharing our experience, 140 patients between January 1997 and December 2006 are watched out retrospectively. 113 patients were men and 27 patients were women. The prevalence of age was 27 ± 3.6 (19-72). Osteoarticular system is the most affected system with the prevalence of 41% of patients. The mostly seen clinical symptoms are; night sweat (81%), fatigue (76%), osteoarticular ache (65%). Since 46 % of our cases are closely related to high risk occupations for Brucellosis like animal breeding and agriculture, and this datum supports the classical understanding of Brucellosis epidemiology.

Key words: Brucellosis, clinical features, laboratory findings, complications

Article Language: Turkish English