To asses skeletal involvement of brucella at the time of presentation and at 6 months
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M01X- Direct infection of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/03/018111
- Lead Sponsor
- ot applicable
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All age group patients with osteoarticular brucellosis
Brucella agglutination test positive
Blood culture positive for Brucella
Brucella organism isolated from the site of infection
Exclusion Criteria
Osteoarticular involvement due to organisms other than Brucella
Patients who do not continue management in our hospital
Patient who lost followup
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Outcomes are analyzed in terms of clinical and radiological criteriaTimepoint: 1.5 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study the <br/ ><br>1.Distribution, frequency and types of osteoarticular involvement- spondylodiscitis, sacroilitis, peripheral arthropathy <br/ ><br>2.Clinical features- general /local - backache, neurological status <br/ ><br>3.Radiological features- disc space reduction / collapse of vertebra/ abscess / joint space reduction <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1.5 years