We carried out a retrospective analysis of 283 @entity1 diagnosed with @entity3377 in our hospital, which serves almost 5.5 million inhabitants in Southeastern Anatolia in @entity233 . Our study focuses on the frequency of complications in cases with @entity3377 across different age groups. @entity1 were classified into three groups according to age: less than 15 years old (group A), 15-45 years old (group B) and over 45 years old (group C). Of 283 @entity1 , 138 (49%) were female and 145 (51%) male. Fifty-three (19%) were younger than 15 years old (group A), 178 (63%) were 15-45 (group B), and 52 (18%) were over 45 (group C). When the distribution of all cases was examined according to months of the year, an increase was seen in June. @entity532 were the most frequent, found in 195 (69%) cases, followed by cutaneous (17%), genitourinary (8%), nervous (7%), respiratory (5%) and hematological (4%) complications. Treatment failed in 15 @entity1 (5%), owing to true relapse in ten and to non-compliance and @entity137 in the other five. Two hundred seventy-two @entity1 received medical treatment alone and 11 required medical and surgical treatment as well (9 @entity1511 and 2 @entity2401 ). Complications in @entity3377 were frequent because 25% of all @entity1 with @entity3377 had more than one complication, more so in group C (38%) than in group A (28%) or B (20%). @entity1503 in childhood; osteoarticular and @entity299 in adults; and genitourinary, @entity16 in middle aged were more prominent. In conclusion, the frequency of brucella complications was variable in different age groups in Southeastern Anatolia of @entity233 . Since @entity3377 is a preventable disease, knowledge and early diagnosis of the complications are especially important. Therefore, population education and medical precautions are necessary to prevent the harmful effects of brucella and its complications. In addition, primary health care physicians should be alerted regarding the clinical and laboratory findings of brucella complications.

Complications of XXXX in different age groups: a study of 283 cases in southeastern Anatolia of @entity233 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity137 :: ('MESH:D064420', 'Disease') :: ['drug side effects'] @entity3377 :: ('MESH:D002006', 'Disease') :: ['brucellosis'] @entity233 :: ('9103', 'Species') :: ['Turkey'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['neurological and gastrointestinal complications'] @entity532 :: ('MESH:D003925', 'Disease') :: ['Osteoarticular complications'] @entity1511 :: ('MESH:D013166', 'Disease') :: ['spondylitis'] @entity1503 :: ('MESH:D006402', 'Disease') :: ['Cutaneous, hematological and respiratory complications'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['cardiac complications'] @entity2401 :: ('MESH:D009205', 'Disease') :: ['carditis']
@entity3377 :: (MESH:D002006,Disease) :: ['brucellosis']
