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EVALUATION OF UNDER 12 YEAR-OLD PATIENTS WITH MALTA FEVERIN TEHRAN CHILDREN MEDICAL CENTER & AMIRKOLA CHILDREN HOSPITAL, BABOL-1995-99

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  46-51

Abstract

 Background and purpose: MALTA FEVER is an infectious disease caused by brucella bacteria in humen and animals and it is one of the endemic diseases in Iran which can causes different clinical manifestations and severs complications like meningitis, endocarditis, nephritis and pancytopenia specially in CHILDREN. Cansidering the incidence of MALTA FEVER in Iran, specially in our region, we performed this study in CHILDREN under 12 years of age on the bases of clinical findings, methods of laboratory findings and appopriate line of treatment.Materials and methods: This case series descriptive study was conducted on the bases of data collected from 100 admitted patients with positive clinical sign,and specific blood culture or positive serological tests in the form of census from Tehran CHILDREN medical center and Amirkola CHILDREN hospital in babol.Results: 93% of the patients had 10 years old of age or less. The male to female ratio was 1.6. Fever & knee pain was seen in 97% and 72% of them respectively. 56% noted a history of dairy products usage. ESR was less than 50 unit in 96%. At last 96% of the patients improved by therapeutic regimen of cotrimoxazole (6 wks) and Gentamicin (2 wk).Conclusion: According to our results, the disease is common under 10 year-old and is seen in the boys more than the girls. Fever & knee pain are of the most common clinical manifestations. More than half of the patients noted the history of dairy products usage. So MALTA FEVER has to be considered as a differential diagnosis for the patients with these manifestations and low ESR rate.Any way,the patients had a good respons to cotrimoxazol and gentamicin regimen.

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    SAVAD KOUHI, R., SIADATI, A., & ZOUGHI, S.. (2002). EVALUATION OF UNDER 12 YEAR-OLD PATIENTS WITH MALTA FEVERIN TEHRAN CHILDREN MEDICAL CENTER & AMIRKOLA CHILDREN HOSPITAL, BABOL-1995-99 . JOURNAL OF MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 11(33), 46-51. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/44508/en

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    SAVAD KOUHI R., SIADATI A., ZOUGHI S.. EVALUATION OF UNDER 12 YEAR-OLD PATIENTS WITH MALTA FEVERIN TEHRAN CHILDREN MEDICAL CENTER & AMIRKOLA CHILDREN HOSPITAL, BABOL-1995-99 . JOURNAL OF MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES[Internet]. 2002;11(33):46-51. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/44508/en

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    R. SAVAD KOUHI, A. SIADATI, and S. ZOUGHI, “EVALUATION OF UNDER 12 YEAR-OLD PATIENTS WITH MALTA FEVERIN TEHRAN CHILDREN MEDICAL CENTER & AMIRKOLA CHILDREN HOSPITAL, BABOL-1995-99 ,” JOURNAL OF MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol. 11, no. 33, pp. 46–51, 2002, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/44508/en

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