Laboratory-associated infections: incidence, fatalities, causes, and prevention.

INTRODUCTION ............................................................ ............................................ 42 INFECTIONS IN GENERAL .................................................................................... 42 Recorded Cases .......................................................................................................... 42 Institutional and common source outbreaks ................................................................ 43 Sources of Infection .................................................................................................. 45 Accidents ................................................................................................................ 46 Incidence in Relation to Type of Work .................................................................... 47 Trends in Occurrence ................................................................................................ 47 INFECTIONS OF SPECIAL CONCERN .................................................................. 48 Typhoid Fever ............................................................................................................ 48 Brucellosis .................................................................................................................. 49 Tuberculosis .............................................................................................................. 49 Viral Infections ................................... ....................................................................... 49 Hepatitis ................................................................................................................ 50 Fungal Infections ...................................................................................................... 51 FATAL CASES ............................................................................................................ 51 Bacterial Infections .................................................................................................. 51 Typhoid .................................................................................................................. 51 Leptospirosis ............................................................................................................ 51 Glanders ................................................................................................................ 51 Plague .................................................................................................................... 52 Anthrax .................................................................................................................. 52 Brucellosis .............................................................................................................. 52 Streptococcal infection .............................................................................................. 53 Tuberculosis ............................................................................................................ 53 Cholera .................................................................................................................. 53 Meningitis .............................................................................................................. 53