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Brucella neotomae infection in humans, Costa Rica
(Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017-06)
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 ...
Brucella abortus strain 2308 Wisconsin genome: Importance of the definition of reference strains
(Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016-09-29)
La brucelosis es una enfermedad infecciosa bacteriana que afecta a una amplia gama de mamíferos y una zoonosis desatendida causada por especies del género genéticamente homogéneo Brucella. Como en la mayoría de los estudios ...
Brucellosis caused by the wood rat pathogen Brucella Neotomae: two case reports
(Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017-12-19)
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 ...
Neutrophils exert a suppressive effect on Th1 responses to intracellular pathogen Brucella abortus
(PLoS Pathogens, 2013-02-14)
Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) are the first line of defense against microbial pathogens. In addition to their role in innate immunity, PMNs may also regulate events related to adaptive immunity. To investigate the ...