title: [Brucellosis: a clinico-serological study in a rural health area].
abstract: We analyze retrospectively 132 cases of brucellosis evaluating the performance of diagnostic procedures, complications and serological and clinical evolution. We compare the 74 patients treated with streptomycin plus tetracycline versus the 41 patients treated with doxycycline plus rifampicin. The more outstanding results we find: a) Great sensibility of the rose bengal test; b) Higher relapse rate in the more severe cases (p less than 0.01); c) Good evolution with scarce relapse rate in both treatment groups; agglutination titers were lower at one year in the group treated with doxycycline plus rifampicin (p less than 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both treatments showed good efficacy, controlled studies would be needed to determine the most adequate one.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital del INSALUD Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia, Cáceres.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zancada Díaz de Entre-Sotos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roldán Montaud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández Ballesteros
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Jiménez Jiménez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agulla Budiño
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002002:Brucella / Q000276:immunology; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Brucelosis: estudio clinicoserológico en un área de salud rural.