Unusual presentation of brucellosis: afebrile, culture positive brucellosis and culture positive, seronegative brucellosis

Abstract

To investigate the unusual presentation of brucellosis. Methods: This prospective study was carried out on 46 patients suspected to brucellosis. The diagnosis was made with isolation of brucella species by Bone Marrow culture. Results: Among 40 culture positive patients, there were two unusual presentations of brucellosis; Afebrile culture positive and culture positive seronegative brucellosis. Conclusion: Some brucellosis patients would not match with criteria for diagnosis of brucellosis. Although it is needed to have positive serology or