<prompt> True about causative agent of MALTA FEVER is:Gram-positive, motile, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped coccobacilli bacteriaPatients present with undulant fevers, sweating often with characteristic foul, moldy smell sometimes likened to wet hay, and migratory ahralgia and myalgiaA nasopharyngeal or an oropharynx swab is sent to the bacteriology laboratory for Gram stain.Treated by macrolides  <response>: Malta fever Causative agent- brucella Gram-negative, non motile, non spore-forming, rod-shaped coccobacilli bacteria. CF- classical triad of undulant fevers, sweating often with characteristic foul, moldy smell sometimes likened to wet hay Migratory ahralgia and myalgia LAB DIAGNOSIS:- blood culture in biphasic blood culture mediacastenedas, add erythrol improve growth D.O.C:-DOXYCYCLINE 