Predominance of two Bartonella henselae variants among cat-scratch disease patients in The Netherlands

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 254-260

  Bergmans, Anneke M C ^a   Schellekens, Joop F P ^a   Van Embden, Jan D A ^a   Schouls, Leo M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030039035     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.254-260.1996     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Anderson, B., K. Sims, R. Regnery, L. Robinson, M. J. Schmidt, S. Goral, C. Hager, and K. Edwards. 1994 Detection of Roclia henselae DNA in specimens from cat scratch disease patients by PCR J Clin. Microbiol. 32:942-948.
2. Ausubel, F. M., R. Brent, R. E. Kingston, D. D. Moore, J. G. Seidman, J. A. Smith, and K. Struhl. 1991 Preparation of genomic DNA from bacteria, p. 2.4.1-2.4.2. In Current protocols in molecular biology Greene Publishing Associates and Wiley-Interscience, New York.
3. Bergmans, A. M. C., J. W. Groothedde, J. F. P. Schellekens, J. D. A. van Embden, J. M. Ossewaarde, and L. M. Schouls. 1995. Etiology of cat scratch disease: comparison of polymerase chain reaction detection of Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea) and Afipia fells DNA with serology and skin tests. J. Infect Dis. 171:916-923.
4. Birth's, R. J., T. G. Harrison, and D. H. Molyneux. 1994. Grahamella in small woodland mammals in the U.K : isolation, prevalence and host specificity Ann. Trop. Med Parasitol. 88:317-327.
5. Birtles, R. J., T. G. Harrison, N. A. Saunders, and D. H. Molyneux. 1995. Proposals to unify the genera Grahamella and Bartonella, with descriptions of Bartonella talpae comb. nov., Bartonella peromysci comb, nov , and three new species, Bartonella grahamii sp. nov , Bartonella taylorii sp. nov., and Bartonella doshiae sp nov. Int. J Syst. Bacteriol 45:1-88.
6. Dolan, M. J., M. T. Wong, R. L. Regnery, J. H. Jorgensen, M. Garcia, J. Peters, and D. Drehner. 1993 Syndrome of Rochalimaea henselae adenitis suggesting cat scratch disease. Ann. Intern. Med. 118:331-336.
7. Don, R. H., B. J. Wainwright, K. Baker, and J. S. Mattick. 1991. "Touchdown" PCR to circumvent spurious priming during gene amplification. Nucleic Acids Res. 19:4008.
8. Drancourt, M., J. L. Mainardi, P. Brouqui, F. Vandenesch, A. Carta, F. Lehnert, J. Etienne, F. Goldstein, J. Acar, and D. Raoutt. 1995. Bartonella (Rochalimaea) quintana endocarditis in three homeless men. N Engl. J Med 332:419-423.
9. Koehler, J. E., C. A. Glaser, and J. W. Tappero. 1994. Rochalimaea henselae infection A new zoonosis with the domestic cat as reservoir JAMA 271: 531-535.
10. Matar, G. M., B. Swaminathan, S. B. Hunter, L. N. Slater, and D. F. Welch. 1993 Polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of a fragment of the ribosomal operon from Rochalimaea species for subtyping. J Clin Microbiol. 31:1730-1734.
11. Norman, A. F., R. L. Regnery, P. Jameson, C. Greene, and D. C. Krause. 1995. Differentiation of Bartonella-like isolates at the species lese! by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism in the citrate synthase gene. J. Clin Microbiol. 33:1797-1803
12. Regnery, R. L., B. E. Anderson, J. E. Clarridge, M. C. Rodriguez-Barradas, D. C. Jones, and J. H. Carr. 1992. Characterization of a novel Rochalimaea species, R henselae sp nov., isolated from blood of a febrile, human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient J Clin Microbiol. 30:265-274
13. Regnery, R. L., J. G. Olson, B. A. Perkins, and W. Bibb. 1992. Serological response to "Rochalimaea henselae" antigen in suspected cat-scratch disease. Lancet 339:1443-1445.
14. Rodriguez-Barradas, M. C., R. J. Hamill, E. D. Houston, P. R. Georghiou, J. E. Clarridge, R. L. Regnery, and J. E. Koehler. 1995. Genomic fingerprinting of Bartonella species by repetitive element PCR for distinguishing species and isolates. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:1089-1093.
15. Roux, V., and D. Raoult. 1915. Inter- and intraspecies identification of Bartonella (Rochalimaea) species J Clin. Microbiol. 33:1573-1579.
16. Welch, D. F., D. A. Pickett, L. N. Slater, A. G. Steigerwalt, and D. J. Brenner. 1991 Rochalimaea henselae sp. nov., a cause of septicemia, bacillary angiomatosis. and parenchymal bacillary peliosis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 30:275-280.