TY - JOUR AU - Lowe, Christopher AU - Showler, Adrienne AU - Perera, Suzette AU - McIntyre, Susan AU - Qureshi, Roohi AU - Patel, Samir AU - Allen, Vanessa AU - Devlin, H. Roslyn AU - Muller, Matthew T1 - Hospital-Associated Transmission of Brucella melitensis outside the Laboratory T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 1 SP - 150 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Brucella melitensis was identified in an aspirate obtained from a patient’s hip joint during a procedure at a hospital in Canada. We conducted an investigation into possible exposures among hospital workers; 1 worker who assisted with the procedure tested positive for B. melitensis. Aerosol-generating procedures performed outside the laboratory may facilitate transmission of this bacterium. KW - Brucella KW - Brucella melitensis KW - nosocomial infection KW - health care workers KW - laboratory-acquired infection KW - transmission KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2101.141247 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/1/14-1247_article ER - End of Reference