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Meningitis due to a "Bartonella washoensis"-like human pathogen.

ABSTRACT: We report the second human case of infection caused by an organism identified as the proposed Bartonella species, "B. washoensis." The organism was isolated from a blood sample from a patient presenting with meningitis and early sepsis. Oropsylla montana fleas were implicated as the vector for disease transmission in this case.

SUBMITTER: Probert W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2708507 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Meningitis due to a "Bartonella washoensis"-like human pathogen.

Probert Will W Louie Janice K JK Tucker James R JR Longoria Rose R Hogue Robin R Moler Silvia S Graves Margot M Palmer Heather J HJ Cassady Joseph J Fritz Curtis L CL

Journal of clinical microbiology 20090513 7

We report the second human case of infection caused by an organism identified as the proposed Bartonella species, "B. washoensis." The organism was isolated from a blood sample from a patient presenting with meningitis and early sepsis. Oropsylla montana fleas were implicated as the vector for disease transmission in this case. ...[more]

PMID: 19439538

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