Outbreak of laboratory-acquired Brucella abortus in Brazil: a case report

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Ana Luisa Calixto Rodrigues¹  Stephanie Kneipp Lopes Da Silva¹  Barbara Luiza Alves Pinto¹  Jane Braga Da Silva¹  Unai Tupinambas¹ 

关键词: Laboratory-acquired infection;    Brucella abortus;    Occupational exposure;    Aerosolization;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0160-2013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Human brucellosis is an occupational disease affecting workers in slaughterhouses, butcher shops and the milk and dairy product industry as well as individuals who work in clinical or research laboratories. We report the first outbreak of a Brucella abortus infection in a Brazilian laboratory and compare the data obtained with reports available in the literature. Exposure was a result of damage to a biological safety cabinet and failure of the unidirectional airflow ventilation system. An epidemiological investigation identified 3 seroconverted individuals, 1 of whom had clinical manifestations and laboratory results compatible with infection at the time of exposure (n=11; attack rate=9.1%).

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