Childhood brucellosis: Review of 317 cases.

Objective: To describe the main epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory features, treatment options and outcome in children with brucellosis.

Methods: Retrospectively evaluated data were obtained from 317 pediatric patients with brucellosis that were treated at the University Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile Conditions in Skopje, during the period from 1989 to 2011. The medical records and follow-up protocols were used for evaluation.

Osteoarticular involvement in brucellosis: study of 196 cases in the Republic of Macedonia.

Aim: To describe the frequency, types, clinical characteristics, diagnostic tools, and outcome of osteoarticular brucellosis.

Methods: The study was carried out at the Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Skopje between January 1998 and December 2002. Three hundred and thirty one consecutive patients with brucellosis were enrolled and prospectively assessed according to a previously designed protocol.