title: Does brucellosis in human pregnancy increase abortion risk? Presentation of two cases and review of literature.
abstract: Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases that can be encountered during pregnancy. We present two pregnant women with brucellosis. One of them delivered normally and the other patient had an abortion. We reviewed the literature regarding the clinical course of brucellosis in pregnant women. Brucellosis during pregnancy can be associated with abortion, congenital and neonatal infections and infection of the delivery team. Therefore treatment with a combination of rifampicin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole should be started as soon as it is diagnosed to prevent possible complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women's Hospital, Turkey. denizaltincaba@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karcaaltincaba
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sencan
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kandemir
authors.forename: Emine Seda
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Guvendag-Guven
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalvac
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination