| H00325 | |
| H number | H00325 |
| Name | Brucellosis |
| Description | Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution that mainly affects persons working with domestic animals. Although many countries have eradicated Brucella abortus from cattle, Brucella melitensis remains a major cause of infection in cattle and human in Latin America, the Middle East, Spain, parts of Africa, and western Asia. Consumption of contaminated foods is the sources of infection. The clinical presentation can vary from asymptomatic infection to a fever, night sweats, and joint manifestations. |
| Category | Bacterial infectious disease |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Brucella melitensis [GN:bme bmi bmz bmf] Brucella abortus [GN:bmb] Brucella suis [GN:bms] Brucella canis |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | Tetracycline hydrochloride [DR:D02122] Doxycycline [DR:D00307] Doxycycline hyclate [DR:D02129] Doxycycline calcium [DR:D03903] Minocycline hydrochloride [DR:D00850] Streptomycin sulfate [DR:D01350] Demeclocycline hydrochloride [DR:D00290] |
| Comment | - |
| Other DBs | ICD-11: 1B95 ICD-10: A23 MeSH: D002006 MedlinePlus: 000597 |
| Reference | PMID:9204307 AUTHORS Corbel MJ TITLE Brucellosis: an overview. JOURNAL Emerg Infect Dis 3:213-21 (1997) DOI:10.3201/eid0302.970219 PMID:14769288 AUTHORS Memish ZA, Balkhy HH TITLE Brucellosis and international travel. JOURNAL J Travel Med 11:49-55 (2004) DOI:10.2310/7060.2004.13551 PMID:17901634 AUTHORS Mantur BG, Amarnath SK, Shinde RS TITLE Review of clinical and laboratory features of human brucellosis. JOURNAL Indian J Med Microbiol 25:188-202 (2007) DOI:10.4103/0255-0857.34758 |