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SUBMITTER: Roux V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC86533 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roux V V Eykyn S J SJ Wyllie S S Raoult D D
Journal of clinical microbiology 20000401 4
We report a case of endocarditis in a human infected with Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, which causes bacteremia and endocarditis in dogs. Bacterial identification was established by PCR amplification and sequencing of an intergenic spacer region (ITS1), 16S ribosomal DNA, and a gene encoding citrate synthase (gltA). Bartonella antibodies were detected by immunofluorescence. ...[more]