Hospital-associated transmission of Brucella melitensis outside the laboratory

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jan;21(1):150-2. doi: 10.3201/eid2101.141247.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brucella melitensis
  • Brucellosis / diagnosis*
  • Brucellosis / microbiology
  • Brucellosis / transmission*
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Cross Infection / transmission
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional*
  • Laboratory Personnel*
  • Occupational Exposure*