Imported brucellosis: A case series and literature review

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• 作者：Francesca F. Norman ; ^{ffnorman@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Begoñ ; a Monge-Maillo ; Sandra Chamorro-Tojeiro ; Jose-Antonio Pé ; rez-Molina ; Rogelio Ló ; pez-Vé ; lez
• 关键词：Brucellosis ; Brucella spp. ; Travel ; Immigrant
• 刊名：Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May-June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：14
• 期：3
• 页码：182-199
• 全文大小：338 K

文摘

Brucellosis is one of the main neglected zoonotic diseases. Several factors may contribute to the epidemiology of brucellosis. Imported cases, mainly in travellers but also in recently arrived immigrants, and cases associated with imported products, appear to be infrequently reported.

Methods

Cases of brucellosis diagnosed at a referral unit for imported diseases in Europe were described and a review of the literature on imported cases and cases associated with contaminated imported products was performed.

Results

Most imported cases were associated with traditional risk factors such as travel/consumption of unpasteurized dairy products in endemic countries. Cases associated with importation of food products or infected animals also occurred. Although a lower disease incidence of brucellosis has been reported in developed countries, a higher incidence may still occur in specific populations, as illustrated by cases in Hispanic patients in the USA and in Turkish immigrants in Germany. Imported brucellosis appears to present with similar protean manifestations and both classical and infrequent modes of acquisition are described, leading on occasions to mis-diagnoses and diagnostic delays.

Conclusions

Importation of Brucella spp. especially into non-endemic areas, or areas which have achieved recent control of both animal and human brucellosis, may have public health repercussions and timely recognition is essential.