Brucellosis in immigrants in Denmark.
Brucellosis is a rarely encountered infection in northern Europe. We report 4 cases of Brucella abortus bacteremia occurring in Denmark during 1999-2000. The clinical presentation was characteristically vague and brucellosis was not suspected by the attending physicians, partly because incomplete patient histories were obtained as a result of language barriers. The diagnosis was finally established by means of blood cultures, which were performed because of fever of unknown origin.
Eriksen
Nanna
N
Department of Internal Medicine, Roskilde Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.
Lemming
Lars
L
Højlyng
Niels
N
Bruun
Brita
B
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000328:Adult; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy