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18385354

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
During home visits and using a point-of-care test for brucellosis, we screened the household members of adult patients found to have brucellosis by investigation at the Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión in Callao, Peru. A total of 206 household members of 43 patients were screened, and 15 (7.3%) household members in 10 (23.3%) households tested seropositive. Brucellosis was diagnosed in 14 of them, all but 4 presenting with acute or subacute uncomplicated disease. Regardless of attempts to control brucellosis in Peru, the disease continues to be reasonably common among household members of brucellosis patients. Household members presumably remain the single most important identifiable risk group in an urban setting, and screening them provides an effective means for their early diagnosis. Although contact with livestock was rare, the consumption of unpasteurized dairy products was reported by almost all patients with brucellosis, their household members, and hospitalized non-brucellosis patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1476-1645
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
595-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Brucellosis in household members of Brucella patients residing in a large urban setting in Peru.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión, Gaurdia Chalaca 2176, Callao Peru.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article