title: Laboratory-acquired brucellosis.
abstract: We report two laboratory-acquired Brucella melitensis infections that were shown to be epidemiologically related. Blood culture isolates were initially misidentified because of variable Gram stain results, which led to misdiagnoses and subsequent laboratory exposures. Notifying laboratory personnel who unknowingly processed cultures from brucellosis patients is an important preventive measure.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York 12237, USA. bjw07@health.state.ny.us
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noviello
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Limberger
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: DeAngelis
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Nellie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dumas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial