Bartonella quintana in Domestic Cat

We recovered Bartonella quintana DNA from dental pulp of a domestic cat. This study, the first to detect B. quintana in a nonhuman mammal, changes our understanding of the epidemiology of this infection and proposes that cats may be an emerging source of human infection.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: La, Vu Dang, Tran-Hung, Lam, Aboudharam, Gérard, Raoult, Didier, Drancourt, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16102321
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1108.050101
Descripción
Sumario:We recovered Bartonella quintana DNA from dental pulp of a domestic cat. This study, the first to detect B. quintana in a nonhuman mammal, changes our understanding of the epidemiology of this infection and proposes that cats may be an emerging source of human infection.

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