作者
Maryam Adabi a Fariba Keramat a , Mohammad Mahdi Majzoobi a , Jalal Poorolajal b , Zohreh Zarei Ghane c
发表日期
2017
期刊
Osong Public Health Res Perspect
卷号
8
期号
4
页码范围
282–288
出版商
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
简介
Objectives
Brucellosis is a systemic disease with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients in Hamadan Province in the west of Iran.
Methods
A total of 157 HIV-infected patients were screened through standard serological tests, including Wright’s test, Coombs’ Wright test, and 2-mercaptoethanol Brucella agglutination test (2ME test), blood cultures in Castaneda media, and CD4 counting. Data were analyzed using Stata version 11.
Results
Wright and Coombs’ Wright tests were carried out, and only 5 (3.2%) patients had positive serological results. However, all patients had negative 2ME results, and blood cultures were negative for Brucella spp. Moreover, patients with positive serology and a mean CD4 count of 355.8±203.11 cells/μL had no clinical manifestations of brucellosis, and, and the …
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