title: Laboratory-acquired brucellosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: al-Aska
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Chagla
mesh_terms: 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