title: Childhood brucellosis in Babol, Iran.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Babol Medical University, Babol 4717641367, Iran. hagar2q@yahoo.ca
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza Hasanjani
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Roushan
authors.forename: Seyed Ahmad Asgharzadeh
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.forename: Seyed Mokhtar Smailnejad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gangi
authors.forename: Nasar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janmohammadi
authors.forename: Mohammad Jafar Soleimani
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Amiri
mesh_terms: 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