Laboratory-acquired Brucellosis

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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Main Authors: Stephanie Noviello, Richard Gallo, Molly Kelly, Ronald J. Limberger, Karen DeAngelis, Louise Cain, Barbara Wallace, Nellie Dumas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
brucellosis
laboratory-acquired
Gram stain
dispatch
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/10/04-0076_article

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