Maternal and congenital brucellosis in Texas: changing travel patterns and laboratory implications.
Brucellosis is an uncommon disease in the US, but Texas reports approximately a third of cases. We review the investigation of a pair of mother-infant cases that were unique in the demographics, the nature of travel exposure and the resulting brucellosis exposure in a hospital's delivery suite and laboratory. These cases illustrate the changing nature of travel and the need to obtain a relevant travel history and adequate laboratory procedures. Clinicians and laboratory workers in Texas need to understand that brucellosis remains an endemic disease, but that its epidemiology is changing.
Collin County Health Department, McKinney, TX, USA.
Janet
J
Glocwicz
Shelley
S
Stonecipher
Joann
J
Schulte
D000328:Adult; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009035:Mothers; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel