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Skeletal brucellosis in Iraqi patients.
  1. T I al-Rawi,
  2. A J Thewaini,
  3. A R Shawket,
  4. G M Ahmed
  1. Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Al-Kindi General Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.

    Abstract

    The clinical features of 21 episodes of skeletal brucellosis in 17 Iraqi patients are reported. Six had monarthritis of a large joint, six had spondylitis, and five had spondarthritis. Brucellosis remains a major health problem in Iraq. The disease is transmitted to man through the ingestion of unpasteurised milk or milk products but can also be acquired through physical contact.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.48.1.77

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