First Case of Human <i>Brucella canis</i> Infection in the Netherlands
Eva Kolwijck, Suzanne P. M. Lutgens, Vanessa X.N. Visser, Marjan J van Apeldoorn, Heather Graham, Ad P. Koets, Michelle M W P Schrauwen, Frans A.G. Reubsaet, Els M. Broens, Laetitia M. Kortbeek
Abstract
A patient was diagnosed with Brucella canis following exposure to infected dogs in her breeding facility. Transboundary spread of B. canis through (illegal) import of infected dogs to non-endemic countries in Europe suggest that B. canis infection should be considered in European patients with occupational exposure to dogs.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineBrucellaBrucellosisVirologyMicrobiologyCanisImmunologyBiologyEcologyBrucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatmentSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyPrion Diseases and Protein Misfolding