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Human brucellosis in South Africa: Public health and diagnostic pitfalls.
Wojno, Justyna Maria; Moodley, Clinton; Pienaar, Jaco; Beylis, Natalie; Jacobsz, Lourens; Nicol, Mark P; Rossouw, Jenny; Bamford, Colleen.
Afiliação
  • Wojno JM; National Health Laboratory Service, Microbiology Laboratory, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. tina.wojno@gmail.com.
S Afr Med J ; 106(9): 883-5, 2016 Aug 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27601111
Human brucellosis in South Africa (SA) is under-diagnosed and under-reported. This is because many clinicians have little or no experience in managing affected patients, and in part because of the nonspecific and insidious nature of the disease. A case of human brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis in a patient from the Western Cape Province of SA is described, and the resulting exposure of staff members at two medical microbiology laboratories, as well as the public health investigation that was conducted, are discussed. This article aims to highlight the need for strengthening integration between public health, medical and veterinary services and exposing deficiencies in public health, veterinary and laboratory practices.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Brucelose / Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis / Brucella melitensis / Notificação de Doenças / Erros de Diagnóstico Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Adult / Animals / Female / Humans / Male País como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Brucelose / Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis / Brucella melitensis / Notificação de Doenças / Erros de Diagnóstico Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Adult / Animals / Female / Humans / Male País como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article