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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2001, p. 743-746, Vol. 39, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.743-746.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Genetic Variability and Prevalence of Bartonella henselae in Cats in Berlin, Germany, and Analysis of Its Genetic Relatedness to a Strain from Berlin That Is Pathogenic for Humans

Mardjan Arvand,1,* Alexander J. Klose,1 Dorothea Schwartz-Porsche,2 Helmut Hahn,1 and Constanze Wendt3

Institut für Infektionsmedizin1 and Klinik für kleine Haustiere,2 Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, and Hygiene-Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg,3 Germany

Received 28 August 2000/Returned for modification 9 October 2000/Accepted 4 November 2000

Nineteen Bartonella henselae strains and one Bartonella clarridgeiae strain were isolated from blood samples of 97 pet cats and 96 stray cats from Berlin, Germany, indicating prevalence rates of 1 and 18.7%, respectively, for B. henselae and 0 and 1%, respectively, for B. clarridgeiae. Eighteen of 19 B. henselae isolates corresponded to 16S rRNA type II. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis revealed seven different PFGE types among the feline B. henselae strains. Interestingly, all feline isolates displayed low genetic relatedness to B. henselae strain Berlin-1, which is pathogenic for humans.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Hygiene-Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Phone: 49 6221 56 7807. Fax: 49 6221 56 5627. E-mail: mardjan_arvand{at}med.uni-heidelberg.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2001, p. 743-746, Vol. 39, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.743-746.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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