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.
Glocwicz
Janet
J
Collin County Health Department, McKinney, TX, USA.
Stonecipher
Shelley
S
Schulte
Joann
J
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