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| UDK 616.98:579.842 | ISSN 0350-2899, 30(2005) 1 p. 29-32 | ||||||||||
| Review Human Brucellosis: A diagnostic challengeHenk L. Smits (1), S. Manzoor Kadri (2), Vladica Tasić (3) |
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| Summary: Brucellosis is a severe
zoonotic disease that perpetuates poverty. Brucellosis presents as an
acute or persistent febrile illness with a diversity of clinical
manifestations. Untreated patients may develop severe complications and
suffer from prolonged disability. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment
with a full course of the appropriate antibiotics is essential to prevent
relapse. For early diagnosis alertness of the physician with awareness of
the many non-specific presentations is essential. Brucellosis cannot be
diagnosed with certainty without laboratory testing. The Rose Bengal test
may be used as a simple and rapid screening test but should be confirmed
in the serum agglutination test or ELISA. Key words: brucellosis, treatment, antibiotics, diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention Note: summary in Serbian Napomena: sažetak na srpskom jeziku |
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Contact Address: Dr. H.L. Smits, PhD. KIT Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute / Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT) Meibergdreef 39, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Corresponding Address: Vladica Tasić Dom Zdravlja, Laboratorija, Pfah 47 17510 Vladičin Han, Srbija e-mail: tvladica@hotmail.com |
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Paper received: 06.01.2005. Paper accepted: 15.03.2005. Published online: 30.04.2005. |
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