title: Brucellosis-related acute pancreatitis: A rare complication of a universal disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence and determinants of acute pancreatitis in patients with acute brucellosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adult patients with brucellosis were retrospectively recruited. Brucellosis and acute pancreatitis were diagnosed according to standard criteria. Laboratory analyses included Wright agglutination titre, serum biochemical parameters and blood count.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with acute pancreatitis (n = 21) had significantly higher Wright agglutination titres, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, amylase, lipase and serum glucose concentrations, and significantly lower haemoglobin concentrations and haematocrit than patients with brucellosis alone (n = 326).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hyperglycaemia, anaemia, and liver transaminase and cholestatic enzyme concentrations may represent new approaches for assessing disease severity in patients with brucellosis and acute pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suvak
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Cumhur
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Dulger
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevdegul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karadas
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey drhayriyegonullu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hayriye
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gonullu
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bayram
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Van Region Training and Research Hospital, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Edip
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonullu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdussamet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Batur
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Coşkun
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Aykaç
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Akdamar Hospital, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Mahir
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gunduz
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Nizip State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Enver
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aytemiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guducuoglu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Gastroenterology; internal medicine; pancreatitis