Human Brucella canis outbreak linked to infection in dogs

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 280-285

  Lucero, N E ^a   Corazza, R ^b   Almuzara, M N ^b   Reynes, E ^c   Escobar, G I ^a   Boeri, E ^d   Ayala, S M ^b  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Eva Pern   (Argentina)

^c Antropozoonosis Centre   (Argentina)

^d Instituto de Zoonosis Luis Pasteur   (Argentina)

Author keywords

B. canis infection; Brucellosis outbreak

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FAMILY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 74949106499     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990525     Document Type: Article

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