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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2332-2335, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00511-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Meningitis Due to a "Bartonella washoensis"-Like Human Pathogen{triangledown}

Will Probert,1* Janice K. Louie,2 James R. Tucker,3 Rose Longoria,1 Robin Hogue,1 Silvia Moler,1 Margot Graves,1 Heather J. Palmer,4 Joseph Cassady,4 and Curtis L. Fritz3

Microbial Diseases Laboratory,1 Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory,2 Infectious Diseases Branch, Division of Communicable Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California 94804,3 Yuba County Public Health Department, Marysville, California 959014

Received 12 March 2009/ Returned for modification 26 April 2009/ Accepted 6 May 2009

We report the second human case of infection caused by an organism identified as the proposed Bartonella species, "B. washoensis." The organism was isolated from a blood sample from a patient presenting with meningitis and early sepsis. Oropsylla montana fleas were implicated as the vector for disease transmission in this case.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbial Diseases Laboratory, Division of Communicable Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health, 850 Marina Bay Parkway, Richmond, CA 94804. Phone: (510) 412-3754. Fax: (510) 412-3706. E-mail: Will.Probert{at}cdph.ca.gov

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 13 May 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2332-2335, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00511-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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