Sharif A, Reyes Z, Thomassen P
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King Khaled General Hospital, Al Majma'ah, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia.
J Trop Med Hyg. 1990 Feb;93(1):42-3.
During a period of 6 months, 537 pregnant women from a rural area in Saudi Arabia were tested serologically for brucellosis. Of the 513 women who were tested routinely, 18 were found to have a positive titre (3.5%). Of 24 patients in whom the test was carried out because of symptoms suggestive of brucellosis, all were positive. Thirty of the 42 positive cases had titres exceeding 1:160. The incidence of abortion among pregnant women with Brucella titres less than 1:160 was 7.7% contrasting with 17.6% among those with titres above 1:160 (P less than 0.04). This observation calls for further study of the incidence of brucellosis in pregnant women in infected areas, and the connection between elevated Brucella titre and abortion.
在6个月的时间里，对沙特阿拉伯一个农村地区的537名孕妇进行了布鲁氏菌病血清学检测。在513名接受常规检测的妇女中，有18人检测结果呈阳性（3.5%）。在因疑似布鲁氏菌病症状而进行检测的24名患者中，所有人检测结果均为阳性。42例阳性病例中有30例滴度超过1:160。布鲁氏菌滴度低于1:160的孕妇流产发生率为7.7%，而滴度高于1:160的孕妇流产发生率为17.6%（P<0.04）。这一观察结果需要对感染地区孕妇布鲁氏菌病的发病率以及布鲁氏菌滴度升高与流产之间的关联进行进一步研究。
