Prevention of Laboratory-Acquired Brucellosis.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Robichaud, Sophie; Libman, Michael; Behr, Marcel; Rubin, Earl
- Source
- Clinical Infectious Diseases. 6/15/2004, Vol. 38 Issue 12, p119-122. 4p.
- Subject
- *BRUCELLA melitensis
*INFECTION
*AEROSOLS
*INFECTIOUS disease transmission
*ANTIBIOTICS
*SEROLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 1058-4838
Brucellosis is one of the most common laboratory-acquired infections, mostly because aerosolization is a mechanism of transmission in this setting. We report an exposure to Brucella melitensis that occurred in a large microbiology laboratory and describe the strategy chosen for antibiotic prophylaxis and serological follow-up of exposed workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]