| Abstract
Introduction: Rapid and accurate diagnosis of the disease can have many effects on patients’
healing and recovery, so we decided to investigate the accuracy of brucella capture test with
Coombs Wright in patients with brucellosis.
Methods: The present study was a descriptive study performed on patients referred to clinics
with brucellosis symptoms. Blood samples were taken from all patients. Patients’ information,
including age, sex, response to Coombs, Coombs Wright, and Brucella capture tests, as well
as patients’ response to treatment, were entered into a pre-prepared checklist. After obtaining
laboratory tests for serological assessment, patients’ information including demographic
information and laboratory tests were obtained and analyzed using SPSS v. 16.
Results: This study was performed on 91 patients with brucellosis. The mean age was 34.6
years, and 75.8% of the patients were male. In this study, 84.6% of patients showed a positive
Coombs test, and 26.4% of patients showed a titer of 1:80, 85.7% of the patients showed
positive Coombs Wright test, and 29.7% of the patients had a titer of 1:160. In the study of
Brucella capture tests in patients, 98.9% of patients showed a positive test, of which 34.1% had
a titer of 1:160 of the test.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the Brucella capture test is a powerful test for
the diagnosis of brucellosis, and in the same condition, patients are more likely to be diagnosed
with two Wright and Coombs Wright tests. |