Brucelosis nueva vía de contagio interhumano, Ovejas al margén

Clinical Infectious Diseases 15 July 2010 V.51 N.2 e12–e15

BRIEF REPORT

Sexually Transmitted Brucellosis in Humans

Eyal Meltzer,1,3 Yechezkel Sidi,1,3 Gill Smolen,2 Menachem Banai,4 Svetlana Bardenstein,4 and Eli Schwartz1,3

1Center for Geographic Medicine and Department of Medicine C and 2Microbiology Laboratory, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, 3Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, and 4Department of Bacteriology, Kimron Veterinary Institute Bet Dagan, Israel

Sexual transmission of brucellosis has rarely been reported in humans. We describe 2 cases of probable sexual transmission of Brucella from husband to wife. In 1 case, orchidoepididimitis existed, whereas in the other case, the presence of Brucella in the semen in the absence of genital symptoms was demonstrated by polymerase chain reaction.

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