Brucellosis : Symptoms, Diagnosis & Tests (Rock fever, Cyprus fever, Undulant fever, Gibraltar fever, Malta fever, Mediterranean fever)

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Brucellosis

Alternate Names : Rock fever, Cyprus fever, Undulant fever, Gibraltar fever, Malta fever, Mediterranean fever

Symptoms & Signs

Acute brucellosis may begin with mild flu-like symptoms or symptoms such as:

Fever
Abdominal pain
Back pain
Chills
Excessive sweating
Fatigue
Headache
Loss of appetite
Joint pain
Weakness
Weight loss

Classically, high fever spikes occur every afternoon. "Undulant" fever derives its name from this up-and-down fever.

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:

Muscle pain
Swollen glands

The illness may be chronic and persist for years.

Diagnosis & Tests

This disease may also alter the results of the following tests:

Quantitative immunoglobulins (nephelometry)
Serum immunoelectrophoresis
Febrile/cold agglutinins

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Review Date : 8/28/2009
Reviewed By : Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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