Laboratory-acquired brucellosis.
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.
Noviello
Stephanie
S
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York 12237, USA. bjw07@health.state.ny.us
Gallo
Richard
R
Kelly
Molly
M
Limberger
Ronald J
RJ
DeAngelis
Karen
K
Cain
Louise
L
Wallace
Barbara
B
Dumas
Nellie
N
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
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial