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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2000, p. 1990-1991, Vol. 38, No. 5
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Bartonella henselae Infection as a Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin

Masato Tsukahara,1,* Hidehiro Tsuneoka,2 Hidechika Iino,1 Ichiro Murano,3 Hirohiko Takahashi,4 and Masashi Uchida5

School of Allied Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University,1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kohseiren Nagato Hospital,2 Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi Prefectural Hospital,3 Department of Pediatrics, Onoda City Hospital,4 and Department of Pediatrics, Tokuyama Central Hospital,5 Yamaguchi-Ken, Japan

Received 12 October 1999/Returned for modification 18 January 2000/Accepted 8 February 2000

Fourteen of 41 patients (34%) with a serological diagnosis of Bartonella henselae infection were found to have prolonged fever or fever of unknown origin, suggesting that generalized systemic B. henselae infection is not rare in immunocompetent healthy individuals.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: School of Allied Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University, Ube City, Yamaguchi-Ken 755, Japan. Phone: 81-836-22-2816. Fax: 81-836-22-2816. E-mail: masato{at}po.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2000, p. 1990-1991, Vol. 38, No. 5
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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