Isolation of Bartonella quintana from a woman and a cat following putative bite transmission.
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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.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 45 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007