Brucellosis : Clinical and hematological study at a general hospital

Authors

  • Nancy Loayza Servicios de Hematología, Hospital General Dos de Mayo, Lima, Perú
  • Alejandro Fernández Servicios de Medicina, Hospital General Dos de Mayo, Lima, Perú
  • Ramón Flores Servicios de Medicina, Hospital General Dos de Mayo, Lima, Perú
  • Luis Díaz Servicios de Medicina, Hospital General Dos de Mayo, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v57i4.4890

Keywords:

Anemia, bone marrow, brucellosis

Abstract

Study of 58 patients with brucellosis hospitalized at «Dos de Mayo» Hospital from June 1994 through June 1996. Forty patients were men (69%) and eighteen women (31 %). Median age was 33,2 years (range 14-81 years) and 41 patients were less than 40 years old (70.7%). Most frequent symptoms were fever ¡n 56 patients (96,6%), articular involvement in 35 (60,3%), splenomegaly ¡n 32 (55,2%), lymphadenopathy ¡n 30 (51,7%), hepatomegaly in 28 (48,3%), headache in 24 (41,4%), pallor ¡n 20 patients (34,5%) and bleeding complications in 11 (19%). Liver was involved ¡n 5 patients. Hematologic changes were anemia in 43 patients (74,1%), lymphopenia ¡mi 13 (22,4%), thrombocytopenia ¡n 9 (15,5%), leukopenia ¡n 6 (10,3%) and pancytopenia ¡n 2 patients (3,5%). Study of bone marrow ¡n 36 patients showed normocellular or hiperplasic findings with increase of histiocytes and slight to moderate cellular phagocytosis.

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Published

1996-12-30

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 4 (1996)

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Copyright (c) 1996 Nancy Loayza, Alejandro Fernández, Ramón Flores, Luis Díaz

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Loayza N, Fernández A, Flores R, Díaz L. Brucellosis : Clinical and hematological study at a general hospital. An Fac med [Internet]. 1996 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Aug. 16];57(4):260-4. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4890