Study on epidemiology of brucellosis of human in some districts of Baghdad

Occurrenee of Brucella was manitored in 100 samples of blood, 5samples of cerebrospinal fluid and 1 sample of synoviai fluid from samepatiints suffering from sings of undulant fever in same districts ofBaghdad and these cases of undulant fever were studied and all of themwere suffering frorn the diagnostic sings of the disease beside thepresence of dangerous sings of neurobrucellosis .The incidence of diseasepresent in both sexes and the percentage was higher in female than male60 % ,40yo respectively and the highest incidence of disease occulred inthe range of ( 6-48 ) year .The rose bengal test and the indirectFluorescent antibody test were done on patients serum and positiveresults appeared as 100 o/o and70.2% respectively Bacterial isolation byCastaneda bi - Phasic medium revealed 23 bactedal isolates , i 8 isolates ,4 isolates , 1 isolate from blood , cerebrospinal fluid , synovial fluidrespectively .The biotypes were determined as showed that 8 isolateswere of B. aborlus biotype 3rd.,4th. and 15 isolates of B. melitensis ofthe second and third biotypes. The sensitivity test tbr the isolates weredone by using different antibiotics .