Brucella neotomae Infection in Humans, Costa Rica

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 Robles, Edgardo; Guzmán Verri, Caterina

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

Brucella neotomae Infection in Humans, Costa Rica

Archivos

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Fecha

2017-06

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

DOI

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

Resumen

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.