Brucella melitensis: Difference between revisions

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Background

Causes brucellosis, also called Malta fever

Microbiology

Facultative intracellular, Gram-negative coccobacillus
Catalase-positive, oxidase-positive, nitrate-positive, and urease-positive
Risk group 3 organism
When suspected, plates should be sealed and it should not be set up for mass spectrometry

Epidemiology

Zoonotic transmission transmitted by ingesting contaminated food (such as unpasteurized milk products), direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of aerosols

Clinical Manifestations

Exposure to unpasteurized milk products or animals
Undulating fever
Headache, arthralgia, night sweats, fatigue, anorexia
Arthritis, spondylitis, osteomyelitis
Orchitis and epididymitis
Foul-smelling sweat

Management

Gentamicin, streptomycin, doxycycline, TMP-SMX

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+==Background==
-* Causes brucellosis, also called Malta fever
+* Causes '''brucellosis''', also called '''Malta fever'''
-== Background ==
-=== Microbiology ===
-* Facultative intracellular, [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Cellular shape::coccobacillus]]
-* [[Catalase test::Catalase-positive]], [[Oxidase test::oxidase-positive]], [[Nitrate test::nitrate-positive]], and [[Urease test::urease-positive]]
-=== Epidemiology ===
+===Microbiology===
-* Zoonotic transmission transmitted by ingesting contaminated food (such as unpasteurized milk products), direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of aerosols
+*Facultative intracellular, [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Cellular shape::coccobacillus]]
-== Clinical Manifestations ==
+*[[Catalase test::Catalase-positive]], [[Oxidase test::oxidase-positive]], [[Nitrate test::nitrate-positive]], and [[Urease test::urease-positive]]
-* Exposure to unpasteurized milk products or animals
+*[[Biosafety risk groups|Risk group 3 organism]]
-* Undulating fever
+*When suspected, plates should be sealed and it should ''not'' be set up for mass spectrometry
-* Headache, arthralgia, night sweats, fatigue, anorexia
-* Arthritis, spondylitis, osteomyelitis
-* Orchitis and epididymitis
-* Foul-smelling sweat
-== Management ==
+===Epidemiology===
-* [[Is treated by::Gentamicin]], [[Is treated by::streptomycin]], [[Is treated by::doxycycline]], [[Is treated by::TMP-SMX]]
+*Zoonotic transmission transmitted by ingesting contaminated food (such as unpasteurized milk products), direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of aerosols
+==Clinical Manifestations==
+*Exposure to unpasteurized milk products or animals
+*Undulating fever
+*Headache, arthralgia, night sweats, fatigue, anorexia
+*Arthritis, spondylitis, osteomyelitis
+*Orchitis and epididymitis
+*Foul-smelling sweat
+==Management==
+*[[Is treated by::Gentamicin]], [[Is treated by::streptomycin]], [[Is treated by::doxycycline]], [[Is treated by::TMP-SMX]]
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