Cecilia Compés Dea1, Joaquín Guimbao Bescós2, Juan Pablo Alonso Pérez de Ágreda2, Pilar María Muñoz Álvaro3, José María Blasco Martínez3, María Cruz Villuendas Usón4. 1. Sección de Vigilancia Epidemiológica, Subdirección Provincial de Salud Pública de Zaragoza, Departamento de Sanidad, Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain. Electronic address: ccompesd@salud.aragon.es. 2. Sección de Vigilancia Epidemiológica, Subdirección Provincial de Salud Pública de Zaragoza, Departamento de Sanidad, Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain. 3. Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Departamento de Innovación, Investigación y Universidad, Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain. 4. Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Departamento de Sanidad, Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: No cases of human brucellosis caused by Brucella suis has been reported in Spain. METHODS: This study involved interviews with the case and his co-workers, inspection of their workplace, checking infection control measures, and typing the Brucella strain isolated in the blood culture. RESULTS: Brucella suis biovar 1 strain 1330 was isolated from a patient who worked in a waste treatment plant. Food borne transmission, contact with animals, and risk jobs were ruled out. An accidental inoculation with a contaminated needle from a research laboratory waste container was identified as the most probable mode of transmission. CONCLUSION: There should be controls to ensure that waste containers are sealed.
INTRODUCTION: No cases of humanbrucellosis caused by Brucella suis has been reported in Spain. METHODS: This study involved interviews with the case and his co-workers, inspection of their workplace, checking infection control measures, and typing the Brucella strain isolated in the blood culture. RESULTS:Brucella suis biovar 1 strain 1330 was isolated from a patient who worked in a waste treatment plant. Food borne transmission, contact with animals, and risk jobs were ruled out. An accidental inoculation with a contaminated needle from a research laboratory waste container was identified as the most probable mode of transmission. CONCLUSION: There should be controls to ensure that waste containers are sealed.