From: High index of suspicion for brucellosis in a highly cosmopolitan city in southern China
Clinical characteristics | Patient from Guangdong province (%) | Patient from other provinces (%) | p value |
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Demographics | |||
Sex (Male) | 2 (40.0) | 5 (62.5) | 0.429 |
Age (Range/ Median) | 29–73 (51) | 29–64 (44.5) | 0.622 |
Prior exposure/ Risk factors | |||
Contact with live animals | 0 (0.0) | 3 (37.5) | 0.118 |
Consumption of animal meat | 1 (20.0) | 3 (37.5) | 0.506 |
Consumption of goat placenta | 4 (80.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.002 |
Symptoms and signs | |||
Fever | 5 (100.0) | 7 (87.5) | 0.411 |
Abdominal pain | 1 (20.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0.715 |
Urinary symptoms | 2 (40.0) | 2 (25.0) | 0.569 |
Joint pain | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0.411 |
Low back pain | 2 (40.0) | 3 (37.5) | 0.928 |
Splenomegaly | 3 (60.0) | 6 (75.0) | 0.569 |
Lymphadenopathy | 3 (60.0) | 3 (37.5) | 0.429 |
Complications of infection | |||
Spondylitis/ Arthritis | 1 (20.0) | 4 (50.0) | 0.279 |
Epididymo-orchitis | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.188 |
Intra-abdominal abscess | 1 (20.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0.715 |
Abdominal aortitis | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.188 |
Investigation results | |||
Positive culture from clinical specimen | 5 (100.0) | 7 (87.5) | 0.411 |
Total | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) |