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Table 2.

Proportion of patients with brucellosis showing suppurative hepatosplenic abscesses due to Brucella spp.

	N	Liver abscess	% (95% CI)	Spleen abscess	% (95% CI)	All	% (95% CI)
Retrospective^*
Reference¹⁵	905	14	1.5 (0.8–2.5)	2	0.2 (0.02–0.7)	16	1.7 (1.0–2.8)
Reference²	530	1	0.2 (0.01–1.0)	0	0 (0–0.7)	1	0.2 (0.01–1.0)
Sub-Total	1,435	15	1.0 (0.6–1.7)	2	0.1 (0.01–0.5)	17	1.2 (0.7–1.8)
Prospective clinical^†
Reference¹⁷	709	4	0.6 (0.14–1.5)	3	0.4 (0.09–1.2)	7	1.0 (0.4–2.0)
Prospective screening^‡
Reference²¹	80	2	2.5 (0.3–8.7)	1	1.3 (0.03–6.7)	3	3.8 (0.8–10.6)
Reference²²	251	0	0 (0–1.4)	4	1.6 (0.4–4.0)	4	1.6 (0.4–4.0)
Sub-Total	331	2	0.6 (0.1–2.1)	5	1.5 (0.5–3.5)	7	2.1 (0.9–4.3)
Total	2,475	21	0.8 (0.5–1.3)	10	0.4 (0.2–0.7)	31	1.2 (0.8–1.8)

CI = confidence interval.

Review of patient's files after discharge.

^†

Patients prospectively screened clinically for signs and symptoms of liver/spleen abscess at the time of diagnosis of brucellosis then imaged.

^‡

Patients prospectively screened by ultrasound at the time of diagnosis of brucellosis.