Blood culture positivity and its clinical determinants among hospitalized male patients with newly diagnosed, laboratory-confirmed brucellosis: a hospital-based retrospective study

In this hospital-based retrospective cohort of confirmed brucellosis, LDH, SAT titer, PCT, and ESR were independently associated with blood-culture positivity. These routinely available parameters may help risk-stratify bacteremic likelihood and support culture-related decision-making (e.g., prioritizing sampling and considering repeat cultures when clinically warranted) among SAT-positive (or otherwise confirmed) patients, but they should not be interpreted as standalone markers for diagnosing <i>Brucella</i> bacteremia without microbiological confirmation.