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Human brucellosis
*Human brucellosis:
**Susceptible to ''B. abortus, B. suis, B. melitensis'' and ''B. canis''
**Transmission via contact with secretions from infected animals
**Routes of infection: skin abrasions, inhalation, ingestion
**Unpasteurised milk source of infection
**Undulant fever - fluctuating pyrexia, malaise, fatigue, muscle and joint pains, osteomyelitis
**Can become chronic
**''B melitensis'' and ''B. suis'' cause most severe infections
**Antimicrobials
[[Category:To_Do_-_Clinical]]
Human brucellosis
*Human brucellosis:
**Susceptible to ''B. abortus, B. suis, B. melitensis'' and ''B. canis''
**Transmission via contact with secretions from infected animals
**Routes of infection: skin abrasions, inhalation, ingestion
**Unpasteurised milk source of infection
**Undulant fever - fluctuating pyrexia, malaise, fatigue, muscle and joint pains, osteomyelitis
**Can become chronic
**''B melitensis'' and ''B. suis'' cause most severe infections
**Antimicrobials
[[Category:To_Do_-_Clinical]]