| Title: |
Case Report: Acute Brucellosis Due to Brucella suis in a Brazilian Gold Miner Diagnosed in French Guiana |
| Authors: |
Melzani, Alessia; Boutrou, Mathilde; Sainte-Rose, Vincent; About, Frédégonde; Douine, Maylis; Michaud, Céline; Nacher, Mathieu; Gaillet, Mélanie; Blanchet, Denis; Lavigne, Jean Philippe; Demar, Magalie; O'Callaghan, David; Djossou, Félix; Keriel, Anne; Epelboin, Loïc |
| Contributors: |
Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales (UMIT); Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon Cayenne, Guyane Française; Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie; Coordination Régionale de la lutte contre le Virus de L'Immunodéficience Humaine (COREVIH)-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon Cayenne, Guyane Française -Université des Antilles (UA); Centre d'investigation clinique Antilles-Guyane (CIC - Antilles Guyane); Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Pointe-à-Pitre / Abymes Guadeloupe -Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon Cayenne, Guyane Française -Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique Fort-de-France, Martinique (CHU Martinique); Virulence Bactérienne et Infections Chroniques (VBIC); Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes (CHU Nîmes); This work was funded by the Université deMontpellier and INSERM (for Virulence Bactérienne et Infections Chroniques (VBIC), U1047) and Santé Publique France (for CNR Brucella). |
| Source: |
ISSN: 0002-9637 ; American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ; https://hal.science/hal-05288522 ; American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2023, 109 (1), pp.32-34. ⟨10.4269/ajtmh.22-0228⟩. |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
Inserm: HAL (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) |
| Subject Terms: |
MESH: Adult; MESH: Animals; MESH: Swine; MESH: Swine Diseases; MESH: Zoonoses / diagnosis; MESH: Brazil; MESH: Brucella suis; MESH: Brucellosis* / diagnosis; MESH: Brucellosis* / drug therapy; MESH: Fever; MESH: French Guiana; MESH: Humans; MESH: Sus scrofa; [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases |
| Description: |
International audience ; A 29-year-old Brazilian illegal gold miner developed intermittent fever. Blood cultures were positive for Gram-negative coccobacilli and, after an initial misidentification by an automated identification system, the diagnosis of brucellosis caused by Brucella suis was confirmed. We hypothesize an association with domestic or wild swine exposure. The patient responded well to standard antibiotic therapy of brucellosis. We report the first case of human brucellosis on the Guiana Shield. This report underlines the importance of considering brucellosis in the presence of a fever of unknown origin, even in the Amazonian rainforest area, where several zoonotic diseases might be considered in the differential diagnosis of unexplained fever. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/37253440; PUBMED: 37253440; PUBMEDCENTRAL: PMC10323995 |
| DOI: |
10.4269/ajtmh.22-0228 |
| Availability: |
https://hal.science/hal-05288522; https://hal.science/hal-05288522v1/document; https://hal.science/hal-05288522v1/file/tpmd-article-p32.pdf; https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0228 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9B254DCB |
| Database: |
BASE |