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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Brucellosis]] must be differentiated from [[Typhoid fever]], [[Malaria]], [[Tuberculosis]], [[Lymphoma]], [[Dengue fever|Dengue]], [[Leptospirosis]], [[Rheumatology|Rheumatic disease]], [[Epstein-barr virus]], [[Toxoplasmosis]], [[Cytomegalovirus]], and [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus|HIV]].
[[Brucellosis]] must be differentiated from [[typhoid fever]], [[malaria]], [[tuberculosis]], [[lymphoma]], [[Dengue fever|dengue]], [[leptospirosis]], [[Rheumatology|rheumatic disease]], [[epstein-barr virus]], [[toxoplasmosis]], [[cytomegalovirus]], and [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus|HIV]].
==Differentiating Brucellosis from other Diseases==
==Differentiating Brucellosis from other Diseases==
[[Brucellosis]] must be differentiated from [[Typhoid fever]], [[Malaria]], [[Tuberculosis]], Lymphoma, [[Dengue]], [[Leptospirosis]], [[Rheumatic disease]], [[Epstein Barr virus|Epstein-barr virus]], [[Toxoplasmosis]], [[Cytomegalovirus causes|Cytomegalovirus]], and [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus|HIV]].<ref name="pmid1593042322">{{cite journal|author=Pappas G, Akritidis N, Bosilkovski M, Tsianos E|title=Brucellosis.|journal=N Engl J Med|year=2005|volume=352|issue=22|pages=2325-36|pmid=15930423|doi=10.1056/NEJMra050570|pmc=|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15930423}}</ref><ref>Brucellosis "Dennis Kasper, Anthony Fauci, Stephen Hauser, Dan Longo, J. Larry Jameson, Joseph Loscalzo"Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e Accessed on January,2017</ref><ref name="pmid754636422">{{cite journal|year=1995|title=Brucellosis: current epidemiology, diagnosis, and management.|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7546364|journal=Curr Clin Top Infect Dis|volume=15|issue=|pages=115-28|doi=|pmc=|pmid=7546364|author=Young EJ}}</ref><ref name="enf22">Enfermedades infecciosas: Brucelosis -Diagnóstico de Brucelosis,Guia para el Equipo de Salud. Ministerio de Salud-Argentina. http://www.msal.gob.ar/images/stories/bes/graficos/0000000304cnt-guia-medica-brucelosis.pdf. Accessed on February 2, 2016</ref>
[[Brucellosis]] must be differentiated from [[typhoid fever]], [[malaria]], [[tuberculosis]], [[lymphoma]], [[Dengue]], [[Leptospirosis]], [[Rheumatic disease]], [[Epstein Barr virus|epstein-barr virus]], [[Toxoplasmosis]], [[Cytomegalovirus causes|cytomegalovirus]], and [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus|HIV]].<ref name="pmid1593042322">{{cite journal|author=Pappas G, Akritidis N, Bosilkovski M, Tsianos E|title=Brucellosis.|journal=N Engl J Med|year=2005|volume=352|issue=22|pages=2325-36|pmid=15930423|doi=10.1056/NEJMra050570|pmc=|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15930423}}</ref><ref>Brucellosis "Dennis Kasper, Anthony Fauci, Stephen Hauser, Dan Longo, J. Larry Jameson, Joseph Loscalzo"Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e Accessed on January,2017</ref><ref name="pmid754636422">{{cite journal|year=1995|title=Brucellosis: current epidemiology, diagnosis, and management.|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7546364|journal=Curr Clin Top Infect Dis|volume=15|issue=|pages=115-28|doi=|pmc=|pmid=7546364|author=Young EJ}}</ref><ref name="enf22">Enfermedades infecciosas: Brucelosis -Diagnóstico de Brucelosis,Guia para el Equipo de Salud. Ministerio de Salud-Argentina. http://www.msal.gob.ar/images/stories/bes/graficos/0000000304cnt-guia-medica-brucelosis.pdf. Accessed on February 2, 2016</ref>


A detailed clinical history which includes recent travel history, recent camping or hunting, consumption of unpasteurized milk or raw meat products, and occupational history should be obtained, in order to differentiate [[Brucellosis]] from other diseases.
A detailed clinical history which includes recent travel history, recent camping or hunting, consumption of unpasteurized milk or raw meat products, and occupational history should be obtained, in order to differentiate [[brucellosis]] from other diseases.
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|Mild normocytic [[anemia]], [[hyponatremia]], and


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[[hypercalcemia]]
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|[[Night sweats]], constant [[fatigue]]
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|Increase [[ESR]], increased [[LDH]]
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|[[Night sweats]], constant fatigue
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|[[Lymphocytosis|Relative lymphocytosis]], serum [[amylase]] elevated
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|[[ESR]] and [[CRP]] elevated, positive [[ANA]]
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Danitza Lukac Vishal Devarkonda, M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

Brucellosis must be differentiated from typhoid fever, malaria, tuberculosis, lymphoma, dengue, leptospirosis, rheumatic disease, epstein-barr virus, toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, and HIV.

Differentiating Brucellosis from other Diseases

Brucellosis must be differentiated from typhoid fever, malaria, tuberculosis, lymphoma, Dengue, Leptospirosis, Rheumatic disease, epstein-barr virus, Toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, and HIV.[1][2][3][4]

A detailed clinical history which includes recent travel history, recent camping or hunting, consumption of unpasteurized milk or raw meat products, and occupational history should be obtained, in order to differentiate brucellosis from other diseases.

Differential diagnosis of Brucellosis Symptoms Signs Diagnosis Additional Findings
Fever Rash Diarrhea Abdominal pain Weight loss Painful lymphadenopathy Hepatosplenomegaly Arthritis Lab Findings
Brucellosis + + - + + + + + Relative lymphocytosis

Night sweats, often with characteristic smell, likened to wet hay

Typhoid fever + + - + - - + + Decreased hemoglobin Incremental increase in temperature initially and than sustained fever as high as 40°C (104°F)
Malaria + - + + - - + + Microcytosis,

elevated LDH

"Tertian" fever: paroxysms occur every second day
Tuberculosis + + - + + + - + Mild normocytic anemia, hyponatremia, and

hypercalcemia

Night sweats, constant fatigue
Lymphoma + - - + + - + - Increase ESR, increased LDH Night sweats, constant fatigue
Mumps + - - - - + - - Relative lymphocytosis, serum amylase elevated Parotid swelling/tenderness
Rheumatoid arthritis - + - - - - - + ESR and CRP elevated, positive rheumatoid factor Morning stiffness
SLE - + - + + - - + ESR and CRP elevated, positive ANA Fatigue
HIV - - - + + + - + Constant fatigue

Reference

  1. Pappas G, Akritidis N, Bosilkovski M, Tsianos E (2005). "Brucellosis". N Engl J Med. 352 (22): 2325–36. doi:10.1056/NEJMra050570. PMID 15930423.
  2. Brucellosis "Dennis Kasper, Anthony Fauci, Stephen Hauser, Dan Longo, J. Larry Jameson, Joseph Loscalzo"Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e Accessed on January,2017
  3. Young EJ (1995). "Brucellosis: current epidemiology, diagnosis, and management". Curr Clin Top Infect Dis. 15: 115–28. PMID 7546364.
  4. Enfermedades infecciosas: Brucelosis -Diagnóstico de Brucelosis,Guia para el Equipo de Salud. Ministerio de Salud-Argentina. http://www.msal.gob.ar/images/stories/bes/graficos/0000000304cnt-guia-medica-brucelosis.pdf. Accessed on February 2, 2016