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Does brucellosis in human pregnancy increase abortion risk? Presentation of two cases and review of literature
Author(s) -
Karcaaltincaba Deniz,
Sencan Irfan,
Kandemir Omer,
GuvendagGuven Emine Seda,
Yalvac Serdar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01156.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abortion , brucellosis , presentation (obstetrics) , obstetrics , pregnancy , gynecology , virology , genetics , biology
Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases that can be encountered during pregnancy. We present two pregnant women with brucellosis. One of them delivered normally and the other patient had an abortion. We reviewed the literature regarding the clinical course of brucellosis in pregnant women. Brucellosis during pregnancy can be associated with abortion, congenital and neonatal infections and infection of the delivery team. Therefore treatment with a combination of rifampicin and trimethoprim‐sulfamethoxazole should be started as soon as it is diagnosed to prevent possible complications.