Table 1.

Epidemiological, clinical, and serological results of 165 cases of human brucellosis.

Characteristics	Values
No. of patients studied	165
Male: Female	1:1.85
Mean age in years (range)	45.5 (5–86)
Clinical and laboratory diagnosis:
Mean duration of the chronic cases in years (range)	8.5 (1–16)
No. of patients with fever	165/165 (100%)
No. of patients with muscle pain and anorexia	140/165 (84.8%)
No. of relapsed patients	58/165 (35.2%)
No. of positives in Rose Bengal agglutination test (1/160)	140/165 (84.8%)
No. of patients with positive blood cultures	20/165 (12%)
No. of patients with positive PCR	120/165 (72.7%)
No. of relapsed patients with positive PCR	48/58 (82.8%)