TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolation of Brucella melitensis from an abscess on the left foot of a 3-year-old infant
AU - Resendiz-Sánchez, Jesús
AU - Contreras-Rodríguez, Araceli
AU - López-Merino, Ahidé
AU - Bravo-Guzmán, Leopoldo
AU - Valle-Valdez, Juan Gabriel
PY - 2009/2
Y1 - 2009/2
N2 - An unusual case of a 3-year-old girl with a brucellar foot abscess is reported. Although direct microscopic examination of samples from the lesion did not reveal micro-organisms of any kind, a 7 day culture of caseous material yielded small colonies of Gram-negative cocobacilli in Löwenstein-Jensen medium. These were biochemically and molecularly identified as Brucella melitensis. The possibility of foot abscess being caused by Brucella should be considered in countries where brucellosis is endemic.
AB - An unusual case of a 3-year-old girl with a brucellar foot abscess is reported. Although direct microscopic examination of samples from the lesion did not reveal micro-organisms of any kind, a 7 day culture of caseous material yielded small colonies of Gram-negative cocobacilli in Löwenstein-Jensen medium. These were biochemically and molecularly identified as Brucella melitensis. The possibility of foot abscess being caused by Brucella should be considered in countries where brucellosis is endemic.
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U2 - 10.1099/jmm.0.004291-0
DO - 10.1099/jmm.0.004291-0
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 19141748
SN - 0022-2615
VL - 58
SP - 267
EP - 269
JO - Journal of Medical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Medical Microbiology
IS - 2
ER -