Brucellosis linked to Mexican cheese.
Three cases of brucellosis occurred, two acute cases and one chronic, all of which likely resulted from the ingestion of fresh cheese containing Brucella melitensis. A history of patients with illness suggestive of brucellosis should include details about food ingested recently in addition to the usual questions about travel and occupation. As the US domestic-animal disease comes under better control, and travel to Mexico, Spain, and Italy increases, it seems likely that human disease caused by B melitensis will become relatively more common.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002002:Brucella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002611:Cheese / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D014481:United States
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial