Biochemical mis-identification of Brucella melitensis and subsequent laboratory-acquired infections.
Brucella species are mis-identified in the API 20NE system as Moraxella phenylpyruvica (profile number 1200004). Since some Brucella spp. grow readily in routine blood culture medium and may be isolated from patients without clinically obvious brucellosis, the risk of laboratory-acquired brucellosis exists. We describe two such cases.
Public Health Laboratory, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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D017347:Brucella melitensis; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission