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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, p. 917-918, Vol. 42, No. 2
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.917-918.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Bartholin's Gland Abscess Caused by Brucella melitensis

Neha Peled,1 Yohai David,2 and Pablo Yagupsky1*

Clinical Microbiology Laboratories,1 Department of Gynecology ‘A,’ Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel2

Received 9 September 2003/ Returned for modification 2 November 2003/ Accepted 11 November 2003

We report herein a case of Bartholin's gland abscess caused by Brucella melitensis. Clinical microbiology laboratory workers in areas where this disease is endemic should be familiar with the bacteriological features of this organism and consider the possibility of a brucellar etiology in a broad range of clinical settings.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel. Phone: (972) 8-6400507. Fax: (972) 8-6403541. E-mail: yagupsky{at}bgumail.bgu.ac.il.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, p. 917-918, Vol. 42, No. 2
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.917-918.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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