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- Title
Laboratory-acquired Brucellosis.
- Authors
Noviello, Stephanie; Gallo, Richard; Kelly, Molly; Limberger, Ronald J.; DeAngelis, Karen; Cain, Louise; Wallace, Barbara; Dumas, Nellie
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
LABORATORY infections; BRUCELLA melitensis; BLOOD testing; GRAM-positive bacteria; PATIENTS
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004, Vol 10, Issue 10, p1848
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1010.040076