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Revision as of 15:52, 9 November 2019
- Causes brucellosis, also called Malta fever
- Zoonotic transmission transmitted by ingesting contaminated food (such as unpasteurized milk products), direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of aerosols
Microbiology
- Facultative intracellular, Gram-negative coccobacillus
- Catalase-positive, oxidase-positive, nitrate-positive, and urease-positive
Clinical Presentation
- Exposure to unpasteurized milk products or animals
- Undulating fever
- Headache, arthralgia, night sweats, fatigue, anorexia
- Arthritis, spondylitis, osteomyelitis
- Orchitis and epididymitis
- Foul-smelling sweat
