Hospital-Associated Transmission of Brucella melitensis outside the Laboratory

Brucella melitensis was identified in an aspirate obtained from a patient’s hip joint during a procedure at a hospital in Canada. We conducted an investigation into possible exposures among hospital workers; 1 worker who assisted with the procedure tested positive for B. melitensis. Aerosol-generati...

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Autores principales: Lowe, Christopher F., Showler, Adrienne J., Perera, Suzette, McIntyre, Susan, Qureshi, Roohi, Patel, Samir N., Allen, Vanessa, Devlin, H. Roslyn, Muller, Matthew P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4285263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25531198
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2101.141247
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Sumario:Brucella melitensis was identified in an aspirate obtained from a patient’s hip joint during a procedure at a hospital in Canada. We conducted an investigation into possible exposures among hospital workers; 1 worker who assisted with the procedure tested positive for B. melitensis. Aerosol-generating procedures performed outside the laboratory may facilitate transmission of this bacterium.

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