title: Acute Brucellosis Following Accidental Exposure toBrucella melitensisRev 1 Vaccine.
abstract: Brucellosis is mainly transmitted to humans by direct contact with infected animals, consumption of non-pasteurized dairy products or through inhalation of aerosols. However, the disease may also be transmitted by exposure toBrucellavaccination that is used in veterinary medicine. In the literature, there were a few case reports of persons who developed brucellosis after unintentional inoculation or conjunctival exposure to the live Brucella vaccine. Here, we describe a sheep farmer with acute brucellosis that occurred as a result of unintentional percutaneous exposure toBrucella melitensisRev 1 animal vaccine while vaccinating lambs.
authors.affiliation: Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Antalya, Turkey. e-mail: seymander@gmail.com.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seyman
authors.affiliation: Tokat State Hospital, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department, Tokat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Asik
authors.affiliation: Public Health Institution, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sepin-Ozen
authors.affiliation: Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berk
keywords: Brucella vaccine; brucellosis; percutaneous exposure