Persistence of positive Brucella Melitensis blood cultures is not associated with focal infection
Persistently positive blood cultures in B. melitensis bacteremia do not predict focal infections or adverse clinical outcomes but significantly increase healthcare resource utilization without clinical benefit. Clinical symptoms should guide diagnostic evaluations rather than repeated blood cultures.
Authors
- Daniel Grupel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8315-1204)
- Matan Joel Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0091-2216)
- Yonatan Oster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1050-1648)
- Meir Cherniak
Institutions
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Hadassah Medical Center (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107941
- Primary Topic
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00