Prevalence of Bartonella species antibodies and Bartonella species DNA in the blood of cats with and without fever

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Lappin, Michael R ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward ^b   Brewer, Melissa ^a   Hawley, Jennifer ^a   Hegarty, Barbara ^b   Radecki, Steven ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE;

BARTONELLA;

EID: 58349090415     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Regnery R.L., Anderson B.E., Clarridge III J.E., Rodriguez-Barrads M.C., Jones D.C., and Carr J.H. 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 (1992) 265-274
2. Koehler J.E., Sanchez M.A., Garrido C.S., Whitfeld M.J., Chen F.M., Berger T.G., et al. Molecular epidemiology of Bartonella infections in patients with bacillary angiomatosis-peliosis. New Engl J Med 337 (1997) 1876-1883
3. Breitschwerdt E.B., and Kordick D.L. Bartonella infection in animals: carriership, reservoir potential, pathogenicity, and zoonotic potential for human infection. Clin Microbiol Rev 13 (2000) 428-438
4. Kordick D.L., Hilyard E.J., Hadfield T.L., et al. Bartonella clarridgeiae, a newly recognized zoonotic pathogen causing inoculation papules, fever, and lymphadenopathy (cat scratch disease). J Clin Microbiol 35 (1997) 1813-1818
5. La V.D., Tran-Hung L., Aboudharam G., Raoult D., and Drancourt M. Bartonella quintana in a domestic cat. Emerg Infect Dis 11 (2005) 1287-1289
6. Breitschwerdt E.B., Maggi R.G., Sigmon B., and Nicholson W.L. Isolation of Bartonella quintana from a woman and a cat following putative bite transmission. J Clin Microbiol 45 (2007) 270-272
7. Avidor B., Graidy M., Efrat G., et al. Bartonella koehlerae, a new cat-associated agent of culture-negative human endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 42 (2004) 3462-3468
8. Bermond D., Boulouis H.-J., Heller R., et al. Bartonella bovis Bermond et al. sp. nov. and Bartonella capreoli sp. nov., isolated from European ruminants. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 52 (2002) 383-390
9. Jameson P., Greene C., Regnery R., et al. Prevalence of Bartonella henselae antibodies in pet cats throughout regions of North America. J Infect Dis 172 (1995) 1145-1149
10. Guptill L., Wu C.C., HogenEsch H., et al. Prevalence, risk factors, and genetic diversity of Bartonella henselae infections in pet cats in four regions of the United States. J Clin Microbiol 42 (2004) 652-659
11. Nutter F.B., Dubey J.P., Levine J.F., Breitschwerdt E.B., Ford R.B., and Stoskopf M.K. Seroprevalences of antibodies against Bartonella henselae and Toxoplasma gondii and fecal shedding of Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia spp, and Toxocara cati in feral and domestic cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc 235 (2004) 1394-1398
12. Chomel B.B., Kasten R.W., Floyd-Hawkins K., et al. Experimental transmission of Bartonella henselae by the cat flea. J Clin Microbiol 34 (1996) 1952-1956
13. Lappin M.R., Griffin B., Brunt J., et al. Prevalence of Bartonella species, Mycoplasma species, Ehrlichia species and Anaplasma phagocytophilum DNA in the blood of cats and their fleas in the United States. J Feline Med Surg 8 (2006) 85-90
14. Guptill L., Slater L., Wu C.C., et al. Experimental infection of young specific pathogen-free cats with Bartonella henselae. J Infect Dis 176 (1997) 206-216
15. Kordick D.L., Brown T.T., Shin K., and Breitschwerdt E.B. Clinical and pathologic evaluation of chronic Bartonella henselae or Bartonella clarridgeiae infection in cats. J Clin Microbiol 37 (1999) 1536-1547
16. O'Reilly K., Bauer R., Freeland R.L., et al. Acute clinical disease in cats following infection with a pathogenic strain of Bartonella henselae (LSU16). Infect Immun 67 (1999) 3066-3072
17. Mikolajczyk M.S., and O'Reilly K.L. Clinical disease in kittens inoculated with a pathogenic strain of Bartonella henselae. Am J Vet Res 61 (2000) 375-379
18. Yamamoto K., Chomel B.B., Kasten R.W., Hew C.M., Weber D.K., and Lee W.I. Experimental infection of specific pathogen-free (SPF) cats with two different strains of Bartonella henselae type I: a comparative study. Vet Res 33 (2002) 669-684
19. Yamamoto K., Chomel B.B., Kasten R.W., et al. Infection and re-infection of domestic cats with various Bartonella species or types: B. henselae type I is protective against heterologous challenge with B. henselae type II. Vet Microbiol 92 (2003) 73-86
20. Ueno J., Hohdatsu T., Muramatsu Y., Koyama H., and Morita C. Does coinfection of Bartonella henselae and FIV induce clinical disorders in cats?. Microbiol Immunol 40 (1996) 617-620
21. Glaus T., Hofmann-Lehmann R., Greene C., Glaus B., Wolfensberger C., and Lutz H. Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae infection and correlation with disease status in cats in Switzerland. J Clin Microbiol 35 (1997) 2883-2885
22. Lappin M.R., and Black J.C. Bartonella spp. associated uveitis in a cat. J Am Vet Med Assoc 214 (1999) 1205-1207
23. Lappin M.R., Jensen W., Kordick D.L., Karem K., and Breitschwerdt E.B. Bartonella species antibodies and DNA in aqueous humor of cats. J Feline Med Surg 2 (2000) 61-68
24. Breitschwerdt E.B., Levine J.F., Radulovic S., Hanby S.B., Kordick D.L., and La Perle K.M.D. Bartonella henselae and Rickettsia seroreactivity in a sick cat population from North Carolina. Intern J Appl Res Vet Med 3 (2005) 287-302
25. Jensen W.A., Fall M.Z., Rooney J., Kordick D.L., and Breitschwerdt E.B. Rapid identification and differentiation of Bartonella species using a single-step PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol 38 (2000) 1717-1722
26. Maggi R.G., and Breitschwerdt E.B. Potential limitations of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic region for molecular detection of Bartonella species. J Clin Microbiol 43 (2005) 1171-1176
27. Brunt J., Guptill L., Kordick D.L., Kudrak S., and Lappin M.R. Association of Feline Practitioners 2006 Panel report on diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Bartonella species infections. J Feline Med Surg 8 (2006) 213-226
28. Tsujino K., Tsukahara M., Tsuneoka H., et al. Clinical implication of prolonged fever in children with cat scratch disease. J Infect Chemother 10 (2004) 227-233
29. Foil L., Andress E., Freeland R.L., et al. Experimental infection of domestic cats with Bartonella henselae by inoculation of Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) feces. J Med Entomol 35 (1998) 625-628
30. Duncan A.W., Maggi R.G., and Breitschwerdt E.B. A combined approach for the enhanced detection and isolation of Bartonella species in dog blood samples: pre-enrichment liquid culture followed by PCR and subculture onto agar plates. J Microbiol Methods 69 (2007) 273-275
31. Resto-Ruiz S., Burgess A., and Anderson B.E. The role of the host immune response in pathogenesis of Bartonella henselae. DNA Cell Biol 22 (2003) 431-440
32. Woestyn S., Olive N., Bigaignon G., Avesani V., and Delmee M. Study of genotypes and virB4 secretion gene of Bartonella henselae strains from patients with clinically defined cat scratch disease. J Clin Microbiol 42 (2004) 1420-1427
33. Kordick D.L., Breitschwerdt E.B., Hegarty B.C., et al. Coinfection with multiple tick-borne pathogens in a Walker Hound kennel in North Carolina. J Clin Microbiol 37 (1999) 2631-2638