Laboratory Exposures from an Unsuspected Case of Human Infection with Brucella canis

We report a case of human infection with a Brucella canis isolate in an adult in Canada who was receiving a biologic immunomodulating medication. We detail subsequent investigations, which showed that 17 clinical microbiology staff had high-risk exposures to the isolate, 1 of whom had a positive res...

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Autores principales: Ahmed-Bentley, Jasmine, Roman, Susan, Mirzanejad, Yazdan, Fraser, Erin, Hoang, Linda, Young, Edward J., Morshed, Muhammad, Deans, Gregory
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8386805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34424169
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2709.204701
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Sumario:We report a case of human infection with a Brucella canis isolate in an adult in Canada who was receiving a biologic immunomodulating medication. We detail subsequent investigations, which showed that 17 clinical microbiology staff had high-risk exposures to the isolate, 1 of whom had a positive result for B. canis.

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