TABLE 1.
Clinical features of patients with brucellosis
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Mean age (yra) | 48.9 (19–81) |
| Mean duration of symptoms (wka) | 18.3 (1–102) |
| Fever (no.b of patients) | 30 (93.7) |
| Location of the focal forms (no.b of patients) | |
| Peripheral arthritisc | 8 (23.5) |
| Hepatic or splenic abscess | 5 (14.7) |
| Orchiepididymitis | 5 (14.7) |
| Neuromeningesd | 5 (14.7) |
| Osteomyelitise | 4 (11.8) |
| Pneumonia | 2 (5.8) |
| Other focal complicationsf | 5 (14.7) |
a
Range is given in parentheses.
b
Percentage(s) is given in parentheses.
c
Knee arthritis, six patients; coxitis, two patients.
d
Meningitis, three patients; meningoencephalitis, two patients.
e
Vertebral osteomyelitis, three patients; femur osteomyelitis, one patient.
f
Infected renal cysts two patients; empyema, pyelonephritis, and suppurative thyroiditis, one patient each.