title: Chronic brucellosis in workers in a meat-packing plant.
abstract: We report an outbreak of brucellosis among 9 patients in a meat-packing plant. All patients developed chronic brucellosis characterized by severe chronic musculoskeletal pains, diffuse arthralgia, myalgia and recurrent bouts of fever, which we suggest may be related to a delay in antibiotic treatment. All the patients had a prolonged recovery requiring rehabilitation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Kaplan Medical Centre, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Landau
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008462:Meat-Packing Industry; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline