Human Brucellosis Presenting with Rheumatic Manifestations: An Underdiagnosed Condition in Eastern India

J Glob Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 24;17(1):60-62. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_324_21. eCollection 2025 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Human brucellosis is a chronic systemic infection mostly presenting as afebrile illness with musculoskeletal complaints with organomegaly and diagnosis is based on serology. The diagnostic tests are sparsely available in India and even less prescribed. We report six cases of human of brucellosis presenting as fever with rheumatic manifestation along with their outcome.

Keywords: Eastern India; human brucellosis; outcome; relapse; rheumatic.

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  • Case Reports