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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2009, p. 1957-1960, Vol. 47, No. 6
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00069-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Isolation of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii Genotype II from a Boy with Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma and a Dog with Hemangiopericytoma{triangledown}

Edward B. Breitschwerdt,1* Ricardo G. Maggi,1 Mrudula Varanat,1 Keith E. Linder,1 and Guy Weinberg2

Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina,1 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois2

Received 13 January 2009/ Returned for modification 5 March 2009/ Accepted 2 April 2009

In this report, we describe isolation of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype II from a boy with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and a dog with hemangiopericytoma. These results suggest that B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii may cause vasoproliferative lesions in both humans and dogs.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606. Phone: (919) 513-8277. Fax: (919) 513-6336. E-mail: ed_breitschwerdt{at}ncsu.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 15 April 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2009, p. 1957-1960, Vol. 47, No. 6
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00069-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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