Systemic granulomatous bacterial infection caused by Brucella sp. resulting in febrile illness; typically from ingestion of raw milk, unpasteurized milk, infected meat, or contact wi...
Nonspecific systemic febrile illnesses; “great mimic”
Constellation of fever (often high, undulant—increased in afternoon and evening), weakness, headache, sweating, chills, generalize...
Report cases to local public health department.
Supportive care
In milk-related or occupational outbreak, case surveillance and public health reporting
Bed rest during febrile p...
Check serology at 6 months and 1 year for chronic disease (difficult to evaluate if continuing exposure).
Investigate any suspicion of recurrence...
Dean AS, Crump L, Greter H, et al. Clinical manifestations of human brucellosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(12):e1929.
Skalsky K, Yahav D...
A23.9 Brucellosis, unspecified
A23.8 Other brucellosis
A23.0 Brucellosis due to Brucella melitensis
A23.2 Brucellosis due to Brucella suis
A23.1 Brucellosis due to Brucella abortus
A23.3 Brucell...
Brucellosis is challenging to diagnose.
Brucellosis is characterized by intermittent or irregular fevers, with symptoms ranging from subclinical disease to infection of almost any organ...
Sign up for a 10-day FREE Trial now and receive full access to all content.