Usefulness of Blood Parameters for Preliminary Diagnosis of Brucellosis.
blood cell count
blood parameters
brucellosis
diagnosis
Journal
Journal of blood medicine
ISSN: 1179-2736
Titre abrégé: J Blood Med
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101550884
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
13
01
2020
accepted:
17
03
2020
entrez:
14
4
2020
pubmed:
14
4
2020
medline:
14
4
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Human brucellosis is a multisystem disease with a wide range of clinical signs which often leads to misdiagnosis and treatment delay. Early diagnosis of this disease can prevent the serious complications and mismanagements. This study aimed to evaluate the hematological parameters with predictive value for the diagnosis of brucellosis. In this prospective case-control study which was done during 2015-2017 in Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah Province, west Iran, 100 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of brucellosis (brucellosis group) and 100 healthy individuals (control group) were studied. The hematological parameters, including hemoglobin (Hb), red blood cell (RBC), white blood cell (WBC) count, lymphocyte count, neutrophil count, platelet count (PLTs), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and C-reactive protein (CRP) of both groups were recorded. The data were statistically compared between the brucellosis and the control groups. The mean age of patients and healthy groups was 44.04 ± 23.11 and 37.92 ± 24.80, respectively (P = 0.062). The WBC, CRP and neutrophil counts were significantly higher in the brucellosis group (P < 0.05). Based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, the sensitivity and specificity were 54% and 66% for the WBC, 45% and 71% for the neutrophil and 65% and 72% for the CRP, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of Hb, RBC, WBC, lymphocyte and platelet count, MPV, PDW and ESR (P > 0.05). The results of this study indicate that WBC, CRP and neutrophil count can be used as valuable markers in the preliminary diagnosis of brucellosis. However, further researches are required to standardize these parameters for various forms of brucellosis.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Human brucellosis is a multisystem disease with a wide range of clinical signs which often leads to misdiagnosis and treatment delay. Early diagnosis of this disease can prevent the serious complications and mismanagements. This study aimed to evaluate the hematological parameters with predictive value for the diagnosis of brucellosis.
METHODS
METHODS
In this prospective case-control study which was done during 2015-2017 in Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah Province, west Iran, 100 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of brucellosis (brucellosis group) and 100 healthy individuals (control group) were studied. The hematological parameters, including hemoglobin (Hb), red blood cell (RBC), white blood cell (WBC) count, lymphocyte count, neutrophil count, platelet count (PLTs), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and C-reactive protein (CRP) of both groups were recorded. The data were statistically compared between the brucellosis and the control groups.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The mean age of patients and healthy groups was 44.04 ± 23.11 and 37.92 ± 24.80, respectively (P = 0.062). The WBC, CRP and neutrophil counts were significantly higher in the brucellosis group (P < 0.05). Based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, the sensitivity and specificity were 54% and 66% for the WBC, 45% and 71% for the neutrophil and 65% and 72% for the CRP, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of Hb, RBC, WBC, lymphocyte and platelet count, MPV, PDW and ESR (P > 0.05).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
The results of this study indicate that WBC, CRP and neutrophil count can be used as valuable markers in the preliminary diagnosis of brucellosis. However, further researches are required to standardize these parameters for various forms of brucellosis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32280292
doi: 10.2147/JBM.S245513
pii: 245513
pmc: PMC7125307
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
107-113Informations de copyright
© 2020 Akya et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
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