Bartonella clarridgeiae bacteremia detected in an asymptomatic blood donor.

Autor: Vieira-Damiani G; Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Diniz PP; Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pomona, California, USA diniz@westernu.edu., Pitassi LH; Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Sowy S; Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pomona, California, USA., Scorpio DG; Department of Molecular & Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Lania BG; Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Drummond MR; Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Soares TC; Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Barjas-Castro Mde L; Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Breitschwerdt EB; Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA., Nicholson WL; Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., Velho PE; Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2015 Jan; Vol. 53 (1), pp. 352-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 12.
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00934-14
Abstrakt: Human exposure to Bartonella clarridgeiae has been reported only on the basis of antibody detection. We report for the first time an asymptomatic human blood donor infected with B. clarridgeiae, as documented by enrichment blood culture, PCR, and DNA sequencing.
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Databáze: MEDLINE