Brucella infection at cardiac pacemaker site in a patient who had consumed raw caribou meat in Northern Canada.

Publisher: Canadian Medical Association Country of Publication: Canada NLM ID: 9711805 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1488-2329 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08203946 NLM ISO Abbreviation: CMAJ Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Ottawa : Canadian Medical Association
Original Publication: [Ottawa] : The Association = L'Association, [1985]-

Brucella/*isolation & purification ; Brucellosis/*diagnosis ; Endocarditis/*diagnosis ; Meat/*microbiology ; Pacemaker, Artificial/*microbiology ; Prosthesis-Related Infections/*microbiology ; Reindeer/*microbiology; Aged, 80 and over ; Animals ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Brucellosis/drug therapy ; Canada ; Endocarditis/drug therapy ; Gentamicins/therapeutic use ; Humans ; Male ; Prosthesis-Related Infections/drug therapy ; Specimen Handling/methods ; Treatment Outcome

Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.

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0 (Gentamicins)

Date Created: 20180919 Date Completed: 20190930 Latest Revision: 20190930

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PMC6141250

10.1503/cmaj.170234

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