Co-infection with Anaplasma platys, Bartonella henselae and Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum in a veterinarian

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Mascarelli, Patricia E ^a   Havenga, Lauren N ^b   Naidoo, Vinny ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Bartonella; Headache; Migraines; Mycoplasma; PCR; Seizures; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOXYCYCLINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIRD; BLOOD; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CAT; DOG BITE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FLEA BITE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE SEQUENCE; HORSE; HUMAN; LOUSE; MITE; MIXED INFECTION; MOSQUITO; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMATOPARVUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; RODENT; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; SPIDER; TICK BITE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; COINFECTION; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; GRENADA; HUMANS; IRELAND; MYCOPLASMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; VETERINARIANS;

ACARI; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA SP.; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMATOPARVUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; GIRAFFIDAE; IXODIDA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA SP.; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84876115608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-103     Document Type: Article

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