[Laboratory-acquired brucellosis]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2008 Jun 9;170(24):2161.
[Article in Danish]

Abstract

Brucellosis is a rare disease in Denmark. We describe one case of laboratory-acquired brucellosis from an index patient to a laboratory technician following exposure to an infected blood culture in a clinical microbiology laboratory.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brucella melitensis / isolation & purification
  • Brucellosis / transmission*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laboratory Infection / microbiology
  • Laboratory Infection / prevention & control
  • Laboratory Infection / transmission*
  • Male