| an unusual outbreak of brucellosis. | a brucella melitensis infection involved three persons. the infections were acquired by contact with a culture suspension that had been spilled during a laboratory exercise. one of the patients had only indirect contact with the spilled culture, probably contact with contaminated fomites. another of the patients developed a clinical remission before treatment with antibiotics and relapsed after six months. this patient also had a positive bone marrow culture when blood cultures were negative. th ... | 1975 | 1052665 |