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#idboardreview 20 M farmer consumes unpasteurized milk presents w/ several months of headache, fever & now ill with projectile vomiting, F 106F, myalgia, back pain, areflexia. Csf 100wbc 70%pmn, protein150, gluc20. Dx? #medEd #idmedEd #idtwitter
#brucellosis ddx chronic meningitis
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#Neurobrucellosis is the most serious form of the disease and affects between 5 and 7% of all brucellosis
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#China #Lanzhou #virus #laboratory #incident

According to official information, a pathogen from a Chinese state laboratory infected thousands of people last year.
The health authorities announced on Friday that #brucellosis had been found in 3,245 people in the city of Lanzhou in northwest China. A first test was positive for 1401 other people. There are currently no indications of a possible human-to-human transmission.
The disease is caused by the brucella bacteria and can cause fever, joint pain, and headache. It is often transmitted to humans from infected animals or contaminated animal products.
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