Bartonella henselae DNA in Seronegative Patients with Cat-Scratch Disease

We used real-time PCR to detect Bartonella henselae DNA in 7.9% (5/63) of blood specimens from seronegative patients in Japan suspected of having cat-scratch disease. The combined use of serologic tests and real-time PCR to analyze blood specimens is recommended for the prompt, noninvasive laborator...

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Autores principales: Yanagihara, Masashi, Tsuneoka, Hidehiro, Tanimoto, Ayano, Otsuyama, Ken-ichiro, Nishikawa, Jun, Matsui, Tomohiro, Nojima, Junzo, Ichihara, Kiyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5938771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29664374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2405.152033
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Sumario:We used real-time PCR to detect Bartonella henselae DNA in 7.9% (5/63) of blood specimens from seronegative patients in Japan suspected of having cat-scratch disease. The combined use of serologic tests and real-time PCR to analyze blood specimens is recommended for the prompt, noninvasive laboratory diagnosis of cat-scratch disease.

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