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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, p. 278-279, Vol. 44, No. 1
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.278-279.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Isolation of Bartonella alsatica from a Valve of a Patient with Endocarditis

Didier Raoult,1* France Roblot,2 Jean-Marc Rolain,1 Jean-Marc Besnier,3 Joëlle Loulergue,4 Frédéric Bastides,3 and Patrick Choutet3

Université de la Méditerranée, Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France,1 Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Poitiers, France,2 Service de Maladies infectieuses, Hopital Bretonneau, 2 boulevard Tonnelle, 37044 Tours, France,3 Laboratoire de bacteriologie et d'hygiene hospitaliere, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 37044 Tours cedex 1, France4

Received 13 September 2005/ Returned for modification 2 October 2005/ Accepted 15 October 2005

We report the first documented case of endocarditis in a man infected with Bartonella alsatica, which causes bacteremia in healthy wild rabbits. B. alsatica was identified by serology and culture and by PCR of an aortic valve specimen. B. alsatica should be added to the list of zoonotic agents of blood culture-negative endocarditis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Université de la Méditerranée, Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France. Phone: 00 33 4 91 32 43 75. Fax: 00 33 4 9 1 38 77 72. E-mail: didier.raoult{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, p. 278-279, Vol. 44, No. 1
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.278-279.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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