Brucellosis is a world-wide zoonosis and systemic disease affecting various organs. The causative organism is an intracellular proteobacteria gram-negative bacillus of the genus Brucella. Human brucellosis is a multi organ disease, transmitted via unpasteurized animal milk and cheese. A renewed scientific interest in human brucellosis has be enfueled by its recent reemergence [1,2]. Symptoms ar...

Spinal epidural abscess, if especially caused by Brucellosis is a very rare disease which is usually a consequence of spondylodiscitis. The spinal column can be affected at any joint; however, the lumbar spine is the most common region, especially at the level of the L4-5 and L5-S1. The frequency of spinal involvement usually seen at the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine respectively. As an o...

A 69-year-old man living in Florence reported fever and acute lumbar pain one month after transurethral resection of a superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. The radionuclide bone scan suggested metastatic lesions of the L3-L4 vertebrae. However cobalt treatment was ineffective. A bone biopsy of L4 showed an inflammatory pattern and antibiotic therapy was started which did not ...

Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a native raw-milk enzyme used in many countries as the standard assay for rapidly validating milk pasteurization process. Due to increased restrictions on production or import of cheeses produced from unpasteurized milk, ALP activity (<10 mU/g) cheese was measured simple and reliable method check proper both safety inspection trading controls. In Sicily, artisanal ...

background : listeria monocytogenes is of major concern to the food industry in general and the dairy industry in particular. little is known about incidence of this pathogenic bacterium in dairy products in iran. methods: a survey was made from 23 september 2006 to 22 june 2007 for listeria species in ninety samples of tradi­tional and industrial cheeses, in milk and surface where the cheeses ...

Latin-style fresh cheeses, which have been linked to at least 2 human listeriosis outbreaks in the United States, are considered to be high-risk foods for Listeria monocytogenes contamination. We evaluated L. monocytogenes contamination patterns in 3 Latin-style fresh-cheese processing plants to gain a better understanding of L. monocytogenes contamination sources in the manufacture of these ch...