Wallach Jorge C, Giambartolomei Guillermo H, Baldi Pablo C, Fossati Carlos A
National Hospital of Infectious Diseases F. J. Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Jan;10(1):146-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1001.020622.
The less mucoid strain of Brucella canis or M- strain is used for the serologic diagnosis of canine brucellosis. While this strain is avirulent in dogs, we report the case of clinical brucellosis that developed in a laboratory worker a few days after handling live M- cells for antigen production.
犬布鲁氏菌的黏液样较少菌株或M菌株用于犬布鲁氏菌病的血清学诊断。虽然该菌株对犬无毒力,但我们报告了一名实验室工作人员在处理活的M细胞以生产抗原几天后发生临床布鲁氏菌病的病例。