Wang Xiaoxiao, Zhao Yunhu, Liu Suling, Gu Bing
Division of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Apr 11;106(6):1610-2. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0870.
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease with more than half a million people diagnosed worldwide. In China, 99% of cases were historically reported in the northern part of the country, and few were diagnosed in Guangdong province. Recently, Guangzhou has become as an emerging focus for brucellosis, with personal awareness of brucellosis and inexperience of clinicians hindering timely clinical diagnosis. To improve clinical management of this disease, we retrospectively analyzed 60 brucellosis cases from 2010 to 2020 in Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital. There were no manifestation differences between southern and northern patients. However, 68.3% of patients lacked awareness of risk factors for Brucella infection. Therefore, to prevent its spread and avoid delays in diagnosis, implemented infected-animal control programs and enhanced education on brucellosis are necessary.
布鲁氏菌病是一种人畜共患疾病，全球每年有超过50万人被诊断感染。在中国，历史上99%的病例报告来自该国北部，广东省的诊断病例很少。最近，广州已成为布鲁氏菌病的一个新兴发病集中地区，个人对布鲁氏菌病的认知以及临床医生经验不足阻碍了及时的临床诊断。为改善该病的临床管理，我们回顾性分析了广东省人民医院2010年至2020年期间的60例布鲁氏菌病病例。南方和北方患者在临床表现上没有差异。然而，68.3%的患者对布鲁氏菌感染的危险因素缺乏认知。因此，为防止其传播并避免诊断延误，实施感染动物控制计划和加强布鲁氏菌病教育是必要的。
