Isolation of Bartonella quintana from a woman and a cat following putative bite transmission

被引：65

作者：

Breitschwerdt, Edward B.

Magi, Ricardo G.

Sigmon, Betsy

Nicholson, William L.

机构：

[1] N Carolina State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Clin Sci, Intracellular Pathogens Res Lab, Raleigh, NC 27606 USA

[2] N Carolina State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Clin Sci, Ctr Comparat Med & Translat Res, Raleigh, NC 27606 USA

[3] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Viral & Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, GA USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2007年 / 45卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1128/JCM.01451-06

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

We report here the detection of Bartonella quintana, after putative bite transmission, in pre-enrichment blood cultures from a woman and from two feral barn cats. Prospective molecular epidemiological studies are necessary to characterize the risk of human Bartonella quintana infection following cat bites.

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