Molecular evidence of perinatal transmission of Bartonella

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Molecular evidence of perinatal transmission of Bartonella

_J Clin Microbiol._

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[Epub ahead of print]

 

Molecular evidence of perinatal transmission of Bartonella vinsonii subsp.

berkhoffii and B. henselae to a child.

_Breitschwerdt EB_

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term= " Breitschwerdt%20EB " [Author]) , _Maggi

RG_

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term= " Maggi%20RG " [Author]) , _Farmer P_

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term= " Farmer%20P " [Author]) , _Mascarelli

PE_

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term= " Mascarelli%20PE " [Author]) .

Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative

Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North

Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (E.B. Breitschwerdt, R.G. Maggi, P. E.

Mascarelli), and the Department of Pathology, North Shore University Hospital,

300 Community Drive, Manhasset, New York (P. Farmer).

 

Abstract

Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, Bartonella henselae or DNA of both

organisms was amplified and sequenced from blood, enrichment blood cultures

or autopsy tissues from four family members. Historical and

microbiological results support perinatal transmission of Bartonella species in

this

family.

PMID: 20392912