title: Human neurobrucellosis with intracerebral granuloma caused by a marine mammal Brucella spp.
abstract: We present the first report of community-acquired human infections with marine mammal-associated Brucella spp. and describe the identification of these strains in two patients with neurobrucellosis and intracerebral granulomas. The identification of these isolates as marine mammal strains was based on omp2a sequence and amplification of the region flanking bp26.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. asohn@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Annette H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Will S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Probert
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: Nalin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Andrew W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Bollen
authors.forename: Jane D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Grace
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002002:Brucella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru