Brucella neotomae Infection in Humans, Costa Rica

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 status of B. neotomae should be reassessed.

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 997 - 1000
Main Authors Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela, Ruiz-Villalobos, Nazareth, Jiménez-Rojas, César, Barquero-Calvo, Elías, Chacón-Díaz, Carlos, Víquez-Ruiz, Eunice, Rojas-Campos, Norman, Baker, Kate S, Oviedo-Sánchez, Gerardo, Amuy, Ernesto, Chaves-Olarte, Esteban, Thomson, Nicholas R, Moreno, Edgardo, Guzmán-Verri, Caterina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2017
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Animals
Arvicolinae - microbiology
bacteria
Brucella
Brucella - classification
Brucella - genetics
Brucella - isolation & purification
Brucella neotomae
Brucellosis - diagnosis
Brucellosis - epidemiology
Brucellosis - microbiology
Costa Rica
Costa Rica - epidemiology
Dispatch
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Genome, Bacterial
Humans
Infection in Humans, Costa Rica
Male
Middle Aged
neurobrucellosis
Phylogeny
zoonoses
Zoonoses - epidemiology
Zoonoses - microbiology
Costa Rica
Brucella neotomae
bacteria
Brucella
brucellosis
neurobrucellosis
zoonoses
neurological infections
Costa Rica
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Summary: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 status of B. neotomae should be reassessed.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2306.162018