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.

Autores Principales: BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS, Baker, Kate S., Amuy, Ernesto, Chaves-Olarte, Esteban, Thomson, Nicholas R., Moreno, Edgardo, Guzman-Verri, Caterina, Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela, Ruiz-Villalobos, Nazareth, Jiménez-Rojas, César, Chacón-Díaz, Carlos, Víquez-Ruiz, Eunice, Rojas-Campos, Norman, Oviedo-Sánchez, Gerardo
Formato: Artículo
Idioma: Inglés
Publicado: Emerging Infectious Diseases 2020
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Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/11056/17328
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2306.162018
Sumario: 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.