Volume 16, Number 7—July 2010
Letter
Human Brucella canis Infections Diagnosed by Blood Culture
Atsushi Nomura
, Koichi Imaoka, Hajime Imanishi, Hideaki Shimizu, Fumiko Nagura, Kayaho Maeda, Tatsuhito Tomino, Yoshiro Fujita, Masanobu Kimura, and Gerald H. Stein
, Koichi Imaoka, Hajime Imanishi, Hideaki Shimizu, Fumiko Nagura, Kayaho Maeda, Tatsuhito Tomino, Yoshiro Fujita, Masanobu Kimura, and Gerald H. SteinTable
Laboratory data for 2 patients infected with Brucella canis, Japan, 2008
| Patient no. | Isolation of B. canis by blood culture | B. canis titer (date of sample collection)* | B. abortus titer (date of sample collection)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | + |
1,280 (Aug 11) | <40 (Aug 11) |
| 1,280 (Sep 30) | |||
| 320(Nov 4) |
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| 2 | + | 320 (Aug 19) | <40 (Aug 19) |
| 320 (Oct 7) | |||
| 160 (Nov 11) |
*Titers determined by serum tube agglutination test.
