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. 2021 Oct 1;8(10):ofab473.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab473. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Brucellosis Initially Misidentified as Ochrobactrum anthropi Bacteremia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Srinivasa Nithin Gopalsamy  1 , Aditi Ramakrishnan  1 , Mustaf M Shariff  2 , Julie Gabel  3 , Skyler Brennan  3 , Cherie Drenzek  3 , Monica M Farley  1   4 , Robert P Gaynes  1   4 , Emily J Cartwright  1   4
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Brucellosis Initially Misidentified as Ochrobactrum anthropi Bacteremia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Srinivasa Nithin Gopalsamy et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Automated identification systems may misidentify Brucella, the causative agent of brucellosis, which may be re-emerging in the United States as the result of an expanding feral swine population. We present a case of Brucella suis likely associated with feral swine exposure that was misidentified as Ochrobactrum anthropi, a phylogenetic relative.

Keywords: Brucella suis; Ochrobactrum anthropi; brucellosis; mass; matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization; spectrometry.

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Timeline of patient’s course. For the diagnostic tests, the day denoted refers to the collection date rather than the result date. Distance between events on timeline not to scale.
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