Brucella
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Brucella melitensis /
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- 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 coccobacillis
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
