Brucellosis caused by the wood rat pathogen Brucella neotomae: two case reports

Autor: Juan M. Villalobos-Vindas, Ernesto Amuy, Elías Barquero-Calvo, Norman Rojas, Carlos Chacón-Díaz, Esteban Chaves-Olarte, Caterina Guzman-Verri, Edgardo Moreno

Publikováno v: Journal of Medical Case Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2017)

Abstract Background Brucellosis is a chronic bacterial disease caused by members of the genus Brucella. Among the classical species stands Brucella neotomae, until now, a pathogen limited to wood rats. However, we have identified two brucellosis huma

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/58136fd38c834def9bb5b14705ce3778

Brucella neotomaeInfection in Humans, Costa Rica

Autor: César Jiménez-Rojas, Carlos Chacón-Díaz, Nazareth Ruiz-Villalobos, Kate S. Baker, Elías Barquero-Calvo, Eunice Víquez-Ruiz, Marcela Suárez-Esquivel, Gerardo Oviedo-Sánchez, Esteban Chaves-Olarte, Norman Rojas-Campos, Edgardo Moreno, Caterina Guzmán-Verri, Nicholas R. Thomson, Ernesto Amuy

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 6, Pp 997-1000 (2017)
Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 23, No. 6, June 2017
Repositorio UNA
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
instacron:UNA

Several species of Brucella are known to be zoonotic, but B. neotomae infection has been thought to be limited to wood rats. In 2008 and 2011, however, B. neotomae was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of 2 men with neurobrucellosis. The nonzoonotic

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https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2306.162018