TITLE

Laboratory-Acquired Brucellosis -- Indiana and Minnesota, 2006

AUTHOR(S)
Griffith, J.; Sullivan, M.; Howell, J.
PUB. DATE
January 2007
SOURCE
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report;1/18/2007, Vol. 56, p39
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Case Study
ABSTRACT
The article discusses two case reports of brucellosis in micriobiologists at clinical laboratories in Indiana and Minnesota. The first case involved a 47-year-old microbiologist who presented with high fever, sweating, malaise, anorexia, headache and hip pain. An unidentified blood culture isolate from the microbiologist determined Brucella spp. A second case involved a 61-year-old microbiologist and she had an onset of low-grade fever, fatigue and night sweats. A blood culture isolate also identified Brucella spp.
ACCESSION #
28743218

Tags: CASE studies;  BRUCELLOSIS;  MICROBIOLOGISTS;  BRUCELLA;  BLOOD -- Analysis

 

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