| detection of brucella melitensis by bactec nr660 blood culture system. | data on the performance of modern blood culture systems for the detection of brucella spp. are insufficient. to evaluate the performance of the bactec nr660 blood culture system for the detection of brucella melitensis within the routine 1-week blood culture protocol, a prospective 24-month study was conducted in an area endemic for b. melitensis in southern israel. blood samples obtained from patients with suspected brucellosis were monitored and blindly subcultured once per week for 4 weeks, a ... | 1994 | 7989539 |
| exposure of hospital personnel to brucella melitensis and occurrence of laboratory-acquired disease in an endemic area. | in 1997, 7 cases of laboratory-acquired brucella melitensis infections were detected among the hospital personnel of a medical centre serving an endemic area in southern israel. although the onset of symptoms in 6 of the 7 patients occurred during a 2-week period, suggesting a point source exposure, biotype analysis showed that the outbreak was caused by 3 different b. melitensis serovars, indicating multiple exposures. review of the laboratory records showed that during 1997, the microorganism ... | 2000 | 10716074 |
| isolation rates of brucella melitensis in an endemic area and implications for laboratory safety. | a retrospective study was conducted to assess the potential threat posed by processing blood cultures to clinical microbiology laboratory personnel working in an area endemic for brucella melitensis in southern israel. the computerized laboratory records for the 2002-2009 period were reviewed, and the proportion of aerobic vials from which brucella organisms were isolated out of the total number of positive aerobic blood culture vials was determined. during the 8-year period, b. melitensis was i ... | 2011 | 21725863 |
| the bactec fx blood culture system detects brucella melitensis bacteremia in adult patients within the routine 1-week incubation period. | the performance of the bactec fx blood culture system for detecting brucella bacteremia within the routine 1-week incubation period was assessed in a prospective study conducted in an area in southern israel in which brucella melitensis is endemic. aerobic vials (bd bactec plus aerobic/f medium) inoculated with blood specimens obtained from adult patients with positive rose-bengal screening test results were monitored for 4 consecutive weeks, and blind subcultures of negative vials were performe ... | 2017 | 28053214 |
| [brucella melitensis (bm) bacteremia in hospitalized adult patients in southern israel]. | southern israel is endemic for brucella melitensis (bm) infection. | 2016 | 27215118 |
| epidemiological, diagnostic, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of brucella bacteremia in children in southern israel: a 7-year retrospective study (2005-2011). | data on the various aspects of brucellosis in children living in southern israel are missing. | 2015 | 25793475 |
| human brucellosis outbreak acquired through camel milk ingestion in southern israel. | human brucellosis is common in southern israel among the semi-nomadic bedouin, a population that consumes unpasteurized dairy products. though camel milk ingestion is a known mechanism for brucellosis acquisition, only a few reports of sporadic cases have been published in the medical literature. | 2012 | 22977965 |