Brucella canis.によって引き起こされるヒトの病気. 2つの症例の臨床および疫学的な研究
JAMA
|March 24, 1975
まとめ
Brucella canisによるヒトの病気は,家庭犬と関連していた. ほとんどの被曝者は低リスクを示したが,通常の方法が失敗するので,診断には特定の検査が必要である.
科学分野:
- 獣医医学 獣医医学は,獣医医学というものです.
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- ブルーセルラ・カニス (B. canis) は,主に犬に感染することが知られている細菌です.
- B. canisによる非研究室関連ヒト感染は稀ですが,重大な病気を引き起こす可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- B. canis. と関連した2件のヒト疾患を調査する.
- 感染源を特定し,感染した個人や地域社会に対するリスクを評価する.
主な方法:
- 患者のインタビューと接触者追跡を含む疫学調査.
- 血清検査 (抗体検出) と,感染した患者の近くにいる犬の血液培養.
主要な成果:
- 2人の被験者は,熱,寒,不快感,体重減少などの症状を呈し,ブルチェラ菌感染症と一致しました.
- 一人の患者の感染源は,家庭犬であることが判明した.
- 近所の犬の約30%がB. canis. の陽性だった.
- 感染した犬に偶発的に接触したときに,ヒトに感染するリスクは低いようです.
結論:
- 非実験室関連の人間のブルチェッラ・カニス感染症が起こり,全身的な症状を呈することがあります.
- 家庭や近所の犬は,B. canisの貯水池として機能し,動物性感染症の潜在的なリスクをもたらします.
- 標準的なブルセラアグルーチニン検査は,B. canis感染の診断には不十分であり,特定の血清検査と培養が必要である.
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