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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2006, p. 2288-2290, Vol. 44, No. 6
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00239-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Isolation of Bartonella henselae DNA from the Peripheral Blood of a Patient with Cat Scratch Disease up to 4 Months after the Cat Scratch Injury

Mardjan Arvand1* and Susanne G. Schäd2

Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie, und Hygiene,1 Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany2

Received 2 February 2006/ Returned for modification 16 March 2006/ Accepted 22 March 2006

We report the case of a girl with cervical lymphadenitis and a persistent primary lesion of cat scratch disease (CSD). Bartonella henselae DNA was isolated from plasma samples collected 3 and 4 months after the cat scratch, indicating that recurrent and long-term shedding of Bartonella DNA into peripheral blood may occur in typical CSD.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie, und Hygiene, Universität Rostock, Schillingallee 70, 18057 Rostock, Germany. Phone: 49 381 4945950. Fax: 49 381 4945902. E-mail: mardjan.arvand{at}med.uni-rostock.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2006, p. 2288-2290, Vol. 44, No. 6
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00239-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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