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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2007, p. 270-272, Vol. 45, No. 1
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01451-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Isolation of Bartonella quintana from a Woman and a Cat following Putative Bite Transmission{triangledown}

Edward B. Breitschwerdt,1* Ricardo G. Maggi,1 Betsy Sigmon,1 and William L. Nicholson2

Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory and the Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina,1 Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia2

Received 13 July 2006/ Returned for modification 27 August 2006/ Accepted 23 October 2006

We report here the detection of Bartonella quintana, after putative bite transmission, in pre-enrichment blood cultures from a woman and from two feral barn cats. Prospective molecular epidemiological studies are necessary to characterize the risk of human Bartonella quintana infection following cat bites.

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

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 November 2006.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2007, p. 270-272, Vol. 45, No. 1
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01451-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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