Hospital-Associated Transmission of Brucella melitensis outside the Laboratory

Emerging Infectious Diseases

卷:21

关键词: Brucella;    Brucella melitensis;    nosocomial infection;    health care workers;    laboratory-acquired infection;    transmission;   

DOI  :  10.3201/eid2101.141247

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

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