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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1316-1318, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1316-1318.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

First Isolation of Borrelia lusitaniae from a Human Patient

M. Collares-Pereira,1* S. Couceiro,1 I. Franca,2 K. Kurtenbach,3 S. M. Schäfer,3 L. Vitorino,1 L. Gonçalves,1 S. Baptista,1 M. L. Vieira,1 and C. Cunha4

Unidade de Leptospirose e Borreliose de Lyme,1 Unidade de Clínica das Doenças Tropicais,2 Unidade de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal,4 Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom3

Received 6 March 2003/ Returned for modification 14 September 2003/ Accepted 14 November 2003

The first human isolate of Borrelia lusitaniae recovered from a Portuguese patient with suspected Lyme borreliosis is described. This isolate, from a chronic skin lesion, is also the first human isolate of Borrelia in Portugal. Different phenotypic and molecular methods are used to characterize it.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unidade de Leptospirose e Borreliose de Lyme, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira, 96, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal. Phone: (351) 213652600. Fax: (351) 213632105. E-mail: mcp{at}ihmt.unl.pt.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1316-1318, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1316-1318.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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