Laboratory-acquired brucellosis.(Dispatches)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

We report two laboratory-acquired Brucella melitensis infections that were shown to be epidemiologically related. Blood culture isolates were initially misidentified because of variable Gram stain results, which led to misdiagnoses and subsequent laboratory exposures. Notifying laboratory personnel who unknowingly processed cultures from brucellosis patients is an important preventive measure.

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The incidence of brucellosis may reach 200 per 100,000 population in some developing countries, but in the United States brucellosis is a rare disease (1). Over the past ...

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