Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection, transmitted to humans primarily by consumption of unpasteurized milk and milk products. Transmission by blood transfusion is possible but very unusual. Herewith we present two newborns with positive blood cultures for Brucella melitensis after exchange transfusions. However, the standard tube agglutination titers against Brucella were not elevated and the ne...

Chronic Q fever caused by Coxiella burnetii is uncommon in the United States and is most often associated with infective endocarditis. We present a 52-year-old woman with a history of aortic valve replacement and rheumatoid arthritis treated with Etanercept with chronic Q fever manifesting as prosthetic valve infective endocarditis. Explanted valve tissue showed organisms confirmed to be C. bur...

Abstract Low-alcohol beer (LAB) is a growing part of the brewing industry in terms market volumes and consumer interest. Universities research centres are making efforts to improve organoleptic profile flavour stability product. One main limitations such products stability. These beers must be severely filtered pasteurized, causing significant loss quality flavour. Herein, an unpasteurized unfi...

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) includes M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG, the vaccine strain), M. africanum, and M. microti. Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes the majority of tuberculosis (TB) cases in humans; however, in several regions of the world, especially in a country with high prevalence of HIV infection, human TB caused by M. bovis may be...

Yersiniosis is an acute or chronic, zoonotic disease caused by infection of Gram-negative rods Yersinia enterocolitica. It can be transmitted by the consumption of originally contaminated food products (pork, unpasteurized milk) or secondarily contaminated with animal or vegetable products. The clinical picture of infection may have a variable course is related to the age and physical condition...

BACKGROUND Consumption of raw milk and unpasteurized dairy products is common in Tunisia where bovine tuberculosis remains enzootic. We herein investigated the frequency of M. bovis isolation from raw milk. METHODS Three hundred and six milk samples collected from 102 infected cows in different Tunisian regions were analysed. M. bovis isolates were further characterized by spoligotyping and v...