Isolation of Brucella inopinata from a White's tree frog (Litoria caerulea): pose exotic frogs a potential risk to human health?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cold-blooded hosts, particularly exotic frogs, have become a newly recognized reservoir for atypical Brucella species and strains worldwide, but their pathogenicity to humans remains largely unknown. Here we report the isolation and molecular characterization of a B. inopinata strain (FO700662) cultured from clinical samples taken from a captive diseased White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) in Switzerland. The isolation of B. inopinata from a frog along with other reports of human infection by atypical Brucella raises the question of whether atypical Brucella could pose a risk to human health and deserves further attention.

Methods

The investigations included histopathological analysis of the frog, bacterial culture and in-depth molec

SUBMITTER: Scholz HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10285381 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature