Brucellosis

Blood culture - ensure request alerts laboratory to the possible diagnosis, as Brucella  spp may take up to two weeks to grow and laboratory handling of the organism is hazardous.

Brucella antibodies - serum.

Bone marrow aspiration for culture, when there is a strong clinical suspicion and serological tests and blood cultures are negative.

FBC; urea, creatinine, electrolytes, ALT, AST, ALP; CRP to follow progress.