Recurrent Neurobrucellosis in a Feral Swine Hunter.

Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the bacterial genus and is most commonly transmitted to humans globally via the consumption of contaminated unpasteurized products. In a significant minority of cases, has been found to be transmitted by contact with infected swine bodily fluids such as blood. Only a small proportion of all cases of brucellosis affects the central nervous system, and of the four species of that are known to infect humans, is unusual. Neurologic involvement occurs in a limited proportion of cases and can vary in presentation, ranging from encephalitis to radiculitis or from brain abscess to neuritis. In this case report, we present a 20-year-old male with an eight-day history of headache and neck pain and a high fever that started two days after the onset of the headaches. Three weeks prior, he had hunted, killed, butchered, cooked, and eaten a wild boar in the field. A workup was performed, and blood cultures eventually grew . Although an intensive broad-spectrum antibiotic protocol was implemented, his post-therapy course was complicated. He eventually discontinued his antibiotics after one year.