Laboratory-acquired Brucellosis

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...

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Autores principales: Noviello, Stephanie, Gallo, Richard, Kelly, Molly, Limberger, Ronald J., DeAngelis, Karen, Cain, Louise, Wallace, Barbara, Dumas, Nellie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15504276
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1010.040076
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Sumario: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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