Brucella canis causing infection in an HIV-infected patient.
From the blood culture of an HIV-positive patient with a febrile syndrome (CD4 count 385 cells/microL and viral load nondetectable), Brucella canis was isolated. The patient was presumptively infected from his dogs, which tested positive, and showed good outcome after the therapy with doxycycline-ciprofloxacin, and the HIV infection would seem not to have been influenced by brucellosis. To our knowledge, no other case of B. canis in the setting of HIV infection has been reported in the literature, and the emerging zoonotic potential of the disease in urban areas should be considered.
Lucero
Nidia E
NE
Brucellosis Service, National Laboratories and Institutes of Health Administration (ANLIS) Dr. C. G. Malbrán, Buenos Aires, Argentina. nidia@elsitio.net
Maldonado
Patricia I
PI
Kaufman
Sara
S
Escobar
Gabriela I
GI
Boeri
Eduardo
E
Jacob
Néstor R
NR
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D041002:Brucella canis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015047:Zoonoses
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents