Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015

During 2014–2015, patients in northeastern Kenya were assessed for brucellosis and characteristics that might help clinicians identify brucellosis. Among 146 confirmed brucellosis patients, 29 (20%) had negative serologic tests. No clinical feature was a good indicator of infection, which was associ...

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Autores principales: Njeru, John, Melzer, Falk, Wareth, Gamal, El-Adawy, Hosny, Henning, Klaus, Pletz, Mathias W., Heller, Regine, Kariuki, Samuel, Fèvre, Eric, Neubauer, Heinrich
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5189133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27662463
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2212.160285
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author Njeru, John
Melzer, Falk
Wareth, Gamal
El-Adawy, Hosny
Henning, Klaus
Pletz, Mathias W.
Heller, Regine
Kariuki, Samuel
Fèvre, Eric
Neubauer, Heinrich
author_facet Njeru, John
Melzer, Falk
Wareth, Gamal
El-Adawy, Hosny
Henning, Klaus
Pletz, Mathias W.
Heller, Regine
Kariuki, Samuel
Fèvre, Eric
Neubauer, Heinrich
author_sort Njeru, John
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description During 2014–2015, patients in northeastern Kenya were assessed for brucellosis and characteristics that might help clinicians identify brucellosis. Among 146 confirmed brucellosis patients, 29 (20%) had negative serologic tests. No clinical feature was a good indicator of infection, which was associated with animal contact and drinking raw milk.
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spelling pubmed-51891332016-12-29 Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015 Njeru, John Melzer, Falk Wareth, Gamal El-Adawy, Hosny Henning, Klaus Pletz, Mathias W. Heller, Regine Kariuki, Samuel Fèvre, Eric Neubauer, Heinrich Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch During 2014–2015, patients in northeastern Kenya were assessed for brucellosis and characteristics that might help clinicians identify brucellosis. Among 146 confirmed brucellosis patients, 29 (20%) had negative serologic tests. No clinical feature was a good indicator of infection, which was associated with animal contact and drinking raw milk. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5189133/ /pubmed/27662463 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2212.160285 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Njeru, John
Melzer, Falk
Wareth, Gamal
El-Adawy, Hosny
Henning, Klaus
Pletz, Mathias W.
Heller, Regine
Kariuki, Samuel
Fèvre, Eric
Neubauer, Heinrich
Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015
title Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015
title_full Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015
title_fullStr Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015
title_full_unstemmed Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015
title_short Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015
title_sort human brucellosis in febrile patients seeking treatment at remote hospitals, northeastern kenya, 2014–2015
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