Laboratory-acquired brucellosis.
Brucellosis is endemic in Saudi Arabia and hospital laboratories are handling increasing numbers of specimens for diagnosis. We report four cases of laboratory-acquired brucellosis.
al-Aska
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Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Chagla
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AH
D000056:Accident Prevention; D000328:Adult; D002002:Brucella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy