Childhood brucellosis in Babol, Iran.
This prospective study was conducted on 111 children with brucellosis, who attended the Department of Infectious Diseases, Babol, Iran, from September 1999 to March 2003. Fever (73.9%), sweating (67.6%), artheralgia (49.5%) and splenomegaly (18%) were common findings. The disease was acute and sub-acute in 97.3% and chronic in 2.7% of cases. Peripheral arthritis was seen in 35 (31.5%) of cases, which was monoarticular in 29 patients, most involving the knees and hips. Sacroilitis was seen in six (5.4%) cases.
Roushan
Mohammad Reza Hasanjani
MR
Department of Infectious Diseases, Babol Medical University, Babol 4717641367, Iran. hagar2q@yahoo.ca
Ahmadi
Seyed Ahmad Asgharzadeh
SA
Gangi
Seyed Mokhtar Smailnejad
SM
Janmohammadi
Nasar
N
Amiri
Mohammad Jafar Soleimani
MJ
D000293:Adolescent; D002002:Brucella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population; D012621:Seasons; D014505:Urban Population