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

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 22; no. 12; pp. 2160 - 2164
• Main Authors: Njeru, John, Melzer, Falk, Wareth, Gamal, El-Adawy, Hosny, Henning, Klaus, Pletz, Mathias W, Heller, Regine, Kariuki, Samuel, Fèvre, Eric, Neubauer, Heinrich
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.12.2016; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; bacteria; bacterial infection; Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; Brucellosis - epidemiology; Brucellosis - history; Brucellosis - therapy; Care and treatment; Dispatch; Female; fever; Fever - epidemiology; Fever - etiology; Fever - history; Fever - therapy; Geography, Medical; History, 21st Century; Hospitalization; Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015; Humans; Infection; Kenya - epidemiology; Livestock; Male; Risk Factors; Seroepidemiologic Studies; seroprevalence; Socioeconomic Factors; Zoonoses; Kenya; bacteria; brucellosis; Garissa; seroprevalence; fever; zoonoses; Brucella abortus; Kenya; bacterial infection; febrile; zoonotic; Wajir
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2212.160285

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.