Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017
Dispatch
Brucella neotomae Infection in Humans, Costa Rica
Marcela Suárez-Esquivel, Nazareth Ruiz-Villalobos, César Jiménez-Rojas, Elías Barquero-Calvo, Carlos Chacón-Díaz, Eunice Víquez-Ruiz, Norman Rojas-Campos, Kate S. Baker1, Gerardo Oviedo-Sánchez, Ernesto Amuy, Esteban Chaves-Olarte, Nicholas R. Thomson, Edgardo Moreno, and Caterina Guzmán-Verri
Table
Differential biochemical profile of Brucella isolates from 2 men with neurobrucellosis, Costa Rica, 2008 and 2011
| Analysis |
bneohCR1 |
bneohCR2 |
| Biochemical tests | ||
| Oxidase | - | – |
| Citrate utilization | – | – |
| Nitrate reduction | + | + |
| CO2 required | – | – |
| H2S production | + | + |
| Urease activity, h |
0–0.5+ |
0–0.5+ |
| Growth in presence of dyes | ||
| Thionin 20 μg/mL | – | – |
| Basic fuchsin 20 μg/mL |
– |
– |
| Agglutination using monospecific serum | ||
| A | + | + |
| M | – | – |
1Current affiliation: University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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