Multivariate model for predicting relapse in human brucellosis

Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data from 200 consecutive patients with acute brucellosis were analysed with univariate and multivariate methods to identify correlates of relapse. A risk score for predicting relapse was then calculated by using Cox proportional hazard model. The independent pr...

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Published in:The Journal of infection 1998, Vol.36 (1), p.85-92
Main Authors: Solera, J., Martínez-Alfaro, E., Espinosa, A., Castillejos, M.L., Geijo, P., Rodríguez-Zapata, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Brucellosis
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Models, Statistical
Multivariate Analysis
Probability
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
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Summary:Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data from 200 consecutive patients with acute brucellosis were analysed with univariate and multivariate methods to identify correlates of relapse. A risk score for predicting relapse was then calculated by using Cox proportional hazard model. The independent predictors of relapse were temperature of 38.3 °C or higher, positive blood cultures at baseline, and the duration of symptoms before treatment
ISSN:0163-4453
1532-2742
DOI:10.1016/S0163-4453(98)93342-4