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Case Reports
. 1992 Oct;22(2):159-62.
doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(92)90100-z.

Biochemical mis-identification of Brucella melitensis and subsequent laboratory-acquired infections

B I Batchelor  1 , R J Brindle, G F Gilks, J B Selkon
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Case Reports

Biochemical mis-identification of Brucella melitensis and subsequent laboratory-acquired infections

B I Batchelor et al. J Hosp Infect. 1992 Oct.

Abstract

Brucella species are mis-identified in the API 20NE system as Moraxella phenylpyruvica (profile number 1200004). Since some Brucella spp. grow readily in routine blood culture medium and may be isolated from patients without clinically obvious brucellosis, the risk of laboratory-acquired brucellosis exists. We describe two such cases.

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