PMID- 28904852
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 2210-9099 (Print)
IS  - 2233-6052 (Electronic)
IS  - 2210-9099 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 4
DP  - 2017 Aug
TI  - Seroprevalence of Brucellosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patients 
      in Hamadan, Iran.
PG  - 282-288
LID - 10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.4.09 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Brucellosis is a systemic disease with a wide spectrum of clinical 
      manifestations. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis 
      in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients in Hamadan Province in 
      the west of Iran. METHODS: A total of 157 HIV-infected patients were screened 
      through standard serological tests, including Wright's test, Coombs' Wright test, 
      and 2-mercaptoethanol Brucella agglutination test (2ME test), blood cultures in 
      Castaneda media, and CD4 counting. Data were analyzed using Stata version 11. 
      RESULTS: Wright and Coombs' Wright tests were carried out, and only 5 (3.2%) 
      patients had positive serological results. However, all patients had negative 2ME 
      results, and blood cultures were negative for Brucella spp. Moreover, patients 
      with positive serology and a mean CD4 count of 355.8 +/- 203.11 cells/muL had no 
      clinical manifestations of brucellosis, and, and the other patients had a mean 
      CD4 count of 335.55 +/- 261.71 cells/muL. CONCLUSION: Results of this study showed 
      that HIV infection is not a predisposing factor of acquiring brucellosis.
FAU - Keramat, Fariba
AU  - Keramat F
AD  - Brucellosis Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, 
      Iran.
FAU - Majzobi, Mohammad Mehdi
AU  - Majzobi MM
AD  - Brucellosis Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, 
      Iran.
FAU - Poorolajal, Jalal
AU  - Poorolajal J
AD  - Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan 
      University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
FAU - Ghane, Zohreh Zarei
AU  - Ghane ZZ
AD  - Reference Laboratory of the Health Centre, Hamadan, Iran.
FAU - Adabi, Maryam
AU  - Adabi M
AD  - Brucellosis Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, 
      Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170831
PL  - Korea (South)
TA  - Osong Public Health Res Perspect
JT  - Osong public health and research perspectives
JID - 101563309
PMC - PMC5594717
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - brucellosis
OT  - human immunodeficiency virus
OT  - serology
COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article 
      was reported.
EDAT- 2017/09/15 06:00
MHDA- 2017/09/15 06:01
PMCR- 2017/08/01
CRDT- 2017/09/15 06:00
PHST- 2017/07/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/08/10 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/08/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/09/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/09/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/09/15 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - phrp-08-282 [pii]
AID - 10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.4.09 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2017 Aug;8(4):282-288. doi: 
      10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.4.09. Epub 2017 Aug 31.