Rafiei Alavi, Ezatollah and Rafiei Alavi, Niloofar and Rafiei Alavi, Romina and Farokhi, Ermia (2022) Brucellosis Serostatus Among Pregnant Women with Spontaneous Abortion and Stillbirth. Current Women's Health Reviews.
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Background Brucellosis in pregnancy is associated with serious outcomes ranging from abortion to neonatal development problems. Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the seroprevalence of brucellosis antibodies among pregnant women presented with spontaneous abortion and still birth. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 80 cases (still birth or spontaneous abortion) and 80 healthy pregnant women were serologically examined for brucellosis antibodies using Coombs, Wright and 2-mercaptoethanol (2ME) brucella agglutination tests. The questionnaire consisting of the following data was prepared for all the participants: gestational age, age, history of abortion, parity, source of dairy consumption, contact with livestock, urban or rural living setup, serological outcomes and education levels. Results The two groups were not significantly different in term of brucellosis test. Patients in case group with and without infection were not significant in terms of contact with livestock, place of residence, dairy consumption and history of abortion. However, education level was significantly different in the two, seropositive and seronegative, groups. Conclusion Our study did not find significant number of brucellosis seropositive cases associated with stillbirth and spontaneous abortion. Further studies with greater samples are therefore recommended.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | samira sepahvandy |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2022 04:04 |
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2022 04:04 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/3757 |
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