Factors Affecting Brucella spp. Blood Cultures Positivity in Children

Apa H., Devrim I., Memur S., Gunay I., Gulfidan G., Celegen M., ...Daha Fazla

VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES, cilt.13, sa.3, ss.176-180, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1089/vbz.2012.0997
  • Dergi Adı: VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.176-180
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Brucella spp., Blood culture, Febrile children
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Brucella infections have a wide spectrum of symptoms especially in children, making the diagnosis a complicated process. The gold standard for the final diagnosis for brucellosis is to identify the Brucella spp. isolated from blood or bone marrow cultures. The main purpose of this work was to evaluate the factors affecting the isolation of Brucella spp. from blood cultures. In our study, the ratio of fever, presence of hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly were found to be higher in the bacteremic group. In addition, C-reactive protein levels and liver function enzymes were found to be higher in the bacteremic group. In our opinion, while evaluating the febrile child with suspected Brucella infection, we highly recommend sampling blood cultures regardless of the history of previous antimicrobial therapy and duration of the symptoms.