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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4554-4557, Vol. 39, No. 12
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4554-4557.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Molecular Characterization of First Human Bartonella Strain Isolated in Italy

Alessandra Ciervo,1 Andrea Petrucca,1 Simonetta Ciarrocchi,1 Antonella Pinto,1 Lucio Bonazzi,2 Anna Fabio,2 Enrico Farnetti,2 Bruno B. Chomel,3 and Lorenzo Ciceroni1,*

Department of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome,1 and Department of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, 42100 Reggio Emilia,2 Italy, and Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 956163

Received 28 June 2001/Returned for modification 6 August 2001/Accepted 13 September 2001

The aim of this study was to characterize a Bartonella strain (BA-1) isolated from a blood culture of an Italian, human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient with bacillary angiomatosis. We analyzed the isolate using molecular biology methods such as whole-cell fatty acid analysis, PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, type-specific 16S rRNA PCRs, sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and arbitrarily primed PCR. The BA-1 isolate turned out to be a Bartonella quintana strain, similar but not identical to B. quintana Oklahoma, which was used as a control strain.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Phone: (39) 6-49902741. Fax: (39) 6-49902934 or (39) 6-49387112. E-mail: ciceroni{at}iss.it.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4554-4557, Vol. 39, No. 12
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4554-4557.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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