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a case of human brucellosis in hong kong.brucellosis is an infectious disease of humans and animals caused by brucella species. we report on a 34-year-old housewife who presented with recurrent headache, fever, and malaise. blood cultures yielded slow-growing gram-negative coccobacilli that were later identified as brucella melitensis. the patient recalled handling goat placenta in china. she was prescribed a 6-week course of doxycycline and rifampicin. laboratory staff who had been exposed to the isolate remained asymptomatic. the epi ...200516219962
diagnostic challenges of human brucellosis in hong kong: a case series in two regional hospitals.a retrospective analysis of six patients diagnosed with brucellosis in two regional hospitals was carried out. the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory features were studied. all patients had exposure history. three patients presented with musculoskeletal symptoms, while three had predominantly genitourinary symptoms. one patient did not have fever at presentation. all patients were diagnosed by positive blood culture of brucella melitensis, and the diagnosis was not suspected for all excep ...201020683074
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