The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
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J Assoc Physicians India · Apr 2007
Case ReportsHospital-based case series of 175 cases of serologically confirmed brucellosis in Bikaner.
To study the clinical spectrum of brucellosis in Bikaner (Northwest India). ⋯ Brucellosis is an important emerging zoonotic disease but it is often under-diagnosed due to lack of suspicion and diagnostic facilities despite the fact that cattle farming (an important high risk group) is one of the main occupation in rural area. This report should infuse the awareness about this reemerging disease specifically in high-risk group.
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Live kidney donation is an established form of organ donation but carries the risk of an unnecessary surgery in a normal individual for the benefit of the recipient. Long term effects of nephrectomy have not been studied in Indian donors so far. ⋯ This pilot study reaffirms the safety of live kidney donation. There was a fall in GFR with consequent increase in renal length postnephrectomy. The long-term implications of the minimal increase in proteinuria and rise in blood pressure need to be evaluated in larger cohort of donors over a longer period of time. This study underscores the need for initiating a donor registry to achieve this objective.