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Methods: 171 of 213 patients followed in our center between January 2021 and April 2024 were included in the study. A total of 150 patients were included in the study as a control group. Rose Bengal test (RBT), Coombs gel test (CGT), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and automated blood culture were used for diagnosing brucellosis. Complete blood count, sedimentation, C-reactive protein, and biochemical parameters were obtained. Inflammation markers such as neutrophil\u2013lymphocyte ratio, platelet\u2013lymphocyte ratio, systemic immune-inflammation index, and systemic inflammation response index were calculated. Results: The most successful results in the diagnosis were ELISA (89.4%), RBT (88.3%), CGT (83%), and blood culture (34.8%). For diagnosing sacroiliitis and spondylodiscitis, instead of resorting to expensive methods like magnetic resonance, a combination of ELISA positivity with elevated acute phase reactants and inflammatory markers could be significantly instructive. Conclusions: Optimizing diagnostic algorithms and exploring novel diagnostic approaches, such as inflammatory markers, hold promise for improving diagnosis and management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics14141546","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,17]],"date-time":"2024-07-17T12:29:43Z","timestamp":1721219383000},"page":"1546","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Determining Diagnostic Sensitivity: A Comparison of Rose Bengal Test, Coombs Gel Test, ELISA and Bacterial Culture in Brucellosis Diagnosis\u2014Analyzing Clinical Effectiveness in Light of Inflammatory Markers"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5347-7740","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Or\u00e7un","family":"Barkay","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m University, 24100 Erzincan, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7368-7187","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Faruk","family":"Karake\u00e7ili","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m University, 24100 Erzincan, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3841-9109","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Umut Devrim","family":"Binay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m University, 24100 Erzincan, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S\u00fcmeyye","family":"Aky\u00fcz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m University, 24100 Erzincan, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"117280","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jns.2020.117280","article-title":"Brucellosis","volume":"420","author":"Shakir","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. 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