<i>Brucella suis</i> Infection in Cardiac Implantable Device of Man Exposed to Feral Swine Meat, Florida, USA
Brucella suis infection in the United States is typically from feral swine exposure. We describe a case of B. suis cardiac implantable device infection in a man exposed to meat and blood from feral swine in Florida, USA. The infection was diagnosed using culture, molecular diagnostics, and whole-genome sequencing.
Authors
- Rebekah Tiller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-3279)
- Ramil Goel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-4744)
- C. E. Barber Joseph
- María E. Negrón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5238-6847)
- Philip A. Lee
- Elke Saile
- Diansy Zincke
- Asmita Gupte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3397-179X)
- Jose A. Rodriguez
- Grishma A. Kharod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9373-1627)
- Alaina S Ritter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-3588)
- Norman L. Beatty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3032-5741)
- Michael H. Norris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0432)
- Jason K. Blackburn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0928-4831)
- Danielle Stanek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3945-3467)
- Cody B. Barfield
- Devin M. Frison
- Mark Panna
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3104.241721
- Primary Topic
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00