High Incidence of Respiratory Involvement in a Cluster of Brucella suis -Infected Workers from a Pork Processing Plant in Argentina
| Autor: | Pablo C. Baldi, Julián L García, S.E. Echazarreta, P. S. Cardinali, A. P. Seijo, Andres Guillermo Benchetrit, Bettina Deodato, Jorge C. Wallach, S.L. Garro |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine myalgia Brucella suis Food Handling Swine Epidemiology Pleural effusion Medicina Clínica PULMONARY Disease Outbreaks 0302 clinical medicine Respiratory Tract Infections biology Incidence Middle Aged Infectious Diseases Lobar pneumonia Medicina Critica y de Emergencia medicine.symptom Adult medicine.medical_specialty Meat CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD 030231 tropical medicine 030106 microbiology Argentina BRUCELLA SUIS Brucella Disease cluster Brucellosis 03 medical and health sciences Occupational Exposure Internal medicine medicine Animals Humans Retrospective Studies BRUCELLOSIS PIG General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Immunology business |
| DOI: | 10.1111/zph.12339 |
| Popis: | Epidemiological and clinical aspects of Brucella suis infection in 17 workers from a pork processing plant in Argentina occurring between January 2014 and July 2015 are presented. All patients reported working 9 h daily without adequate personal protection garment. Blood cultures were positive for Brucella spp. in 14 of the 17 patients (82.3%). All isolates were identified as B. suis biovar 1. Although fever, sweats, asthenia, myalgia and hepatic involvement were the most frequent clinical manifestations, an unusually high incidence of respiratory involvement was found. From 13 patients in which chest radiography was performed, four (30%) had radiological abnormalities, including lobar pneumonia in two cases (one with pleural effusion) and interstitial involvement in other two. The high frequency of respiratory involvement in our series makes necessary to consider brucellosis in the differential diagnosis of respiratory diseases in pork processing plant employees. Fil: Wallach, Jorge Carlos. Hospital de Infecciosas “Dr. Francisco Javir Muñiz"; Argentina Fil: García, J. L.. Hospital de Infecciosas “Dr. Francisco Javir Muñiz"; Argentina Fil: Cardinali, P. S.. Hospital de Infecciosas “Dr. Francisco Javir Muñiz"; Argentina Fil: Seijo, A. P.. Hospital de Infecciosas “Dr. Francisco Javir Muñiz"; Argentina Fil: Benchetrit, Andres Guillermo. Hospital de Infecciosas “Dr. Francisco Javir Muñiz"; Argentina Fil: Echazarreta, S. E.. Hospital de Infecciosas “Dr. Francisco Javir Muñiz"; Argentina Fil: Garro, S. L.. Hospital de Infecciosas “Dr. Francisco Javir Muñiz"; Argentina Fil: Deodato, B.. Hospital de Infecciosas “Dr. Francisco Javir Muñiz"; Argentina Fil: Baldi, Pablo Cesar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; Argentina |
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