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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, p. 2856-2861, Vol. 46, No. 9
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00832-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Bartonella sp. Bacteremia in Patients with Neurological and Neurocognitive Dysfunction {triangledown}

E. B. Breitschwerdt,1* R. G. Maggi,1 W. L. Nicholson,2 N. A. Cherry,1 and C. W. Woods3

Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina,1 Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia,2 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina3

Received 1 May 2008/ Returned for modification 16 June 2008/ Accepted 10 July 2008

We detected infection with a Bartonella species (B. henselae or B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii) in blood samples from six immunocompetent patients who presented with a chronic neurological or neurocognitive syndrome including seizures, ataxia, memory loss, and/or tremors. Each of these patients had substantial animal contact or recent arthropod exposure as a potential risk factor for Bartonella infection. Additional studies should be performed to clarify the potential role of Bartonella spp. as a cause of chronic neurological and neurocognitive dysfunction.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27606. Phone: (919) 513-8277. Fax: (919) 513-6226. E-mail: ed_breitschwerdt{at}ncsu.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 16 July 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, p. 2856-2861, Vol. 46, No. 9
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00832-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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