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.
Department of Internal Medicine, Roskilde Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.
Nanna
N
Eriksen
Lars
L
Lemming
Niels
N
Højlyng
Brita
B
Bruun
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