Human Brucellosis Presenting with Rheumatic Manifestations: An Underdiagnosed Condition in Eastern India

Human brucellosis is a chronic systemic infection mostly presenting as afebrile illness with musculoskeletal complaints with organomegaly and diagnosis is based on serology. The diagnostic tests are sparsely available in India and even less prescribed. We report six cases of human of brucellosis pre...

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Main Authors: Saurabh Pandey, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Priyanka Rai, Arnab Patra, Nazneen Nahar Begum, Prantiki Halder, Subhashsish Kamal Guha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jgid.jgid_324_21
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Summary:Human brucellosis is a chronic systemic infection mostly presenting as afebrile illness with musculoskeletal complaints with organomegaly and diagnosis is based on serology. The diagnostic tests are sparsely available in India and even less prescribed. We report six cases of human of brucellosis presenting as fever with rheumatic manifestation along with their outcome.
ISSN:0974-777X
0974-8245