Demographic characteristics and wright test titers in patients treated for brucellosis
Introduction: Iran is one of the endemic countries of brucellosis with a prevalence of about 225 in 1000000 population. In this study, there was an attempt to evaluate the demographic characteristics and wright test titers in treated patients previously diagnosed with brucellosis. Material and Metho...
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| description | Introduction: Iran is one of the endemic countries of brucellosis with a prevalence of about 225 in 1000000 population. In this study, there was an attempt to evaluate the demographic characteristics and wright test titers in treated patients previously diagnosed with brucellosis. Material and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 168 patients under treatment for brucellosis were evaluated during the years 2005 and 2008. Results: The mean age of the studied patients was 28.51 ± 17.07 years and most of them were in 10-29 year old age group. 68.5% of the patients were male and 31.5% female. Most of the patients (60.1%) were shepherds and their wright titer was 1/320 in 33.1% of the cases. Conclusion: Shepherds and those with 10–29 years of age are the high risk groups for brucellosis, so more attention should be paid in them. Males are more at risk than females. It is recommended that the serum of the patients be diluted up to 1/320 in standard tube agglutination test. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6491b066f55c4b8894e7db323434d8cc2022-12-22T00:52:49ZfasJahrom University of Medical Sciencesفصلنامه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جهرم2008-79932008-84422012-04-011012025Demographic characteristics and wright test titers in patients treated for brucellosisMorteza Pourahmad0Seyedmohammadkazem Tadayon1Sara Fadaei2Hayedeh Parvin3 Dept. of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Dept. of General Surgery, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Dept. of Internal Medicine, Peymanieh Hospital, Jahrom, Iran Center for Prevention and Control of Diseases, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Introduction: Iran is one of the endemic countries of brucellosis with a prevalence of about 225 in 1000000 population. In this study, there was an attempt to evaluate the demographic characteristics and wright test titers in treated patients previously diagnosed with brucellosis. Material and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 168 patients under treatment for brucellosis were evaluated during the years 2005 and 2008. Results: The mean age of the studied patients was 28.51 ± 17.07 years and most of them were in 10-29 year old age group. 68.5% of the patients were male and 31.5% female. Most of the patients (60.1%) were shepherds and their wright titer was 1/320 in 33.1% of the cases. Conclusion: Shepherds and those with 10–29 years of age are the high risk groups for brucellosis, so more attention should be paid in them. Males are more at risk than females. It is recommended that the serum of the patients be diluted up to 1/320 in standard tube agglutination test.http://jmj.jums.ac.ir/article-1-77-en.htmlbrucellosisdemographic factorsserology |
| spellingShingle | Morteza Pourahmad Seyedmohammadkazem Tadayon Sara Fadaei Hayedeh Parvin Demographic characteristics and wright test titers in patients treated for brucellosis فصلنامه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جهرم brucellosis demographic factors serology |
| title | Demographic characteristics and wright test titers in patients treated for brucellosis |
| title_full | Demographic characteristics and wright test titers in patients treated for brucellosis |
| title_fullStr | Demographic characteristics and wright test titers in patients treated for brucellosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demographic characteristics and wright test titers in patients treated for brucellosis |
| title_short | Demographic characteristics and wright test titers in patients treated for brucellosis |
| title_sort | demographic characteristics and wright test titers in patients treated for brucellosis |
| topic | brucellosis demographic factors serology |
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