title: Prevalence of Bartonella clarridgeiae and Bartonella henselae in domestic cats from France and detection of the organisms in erythrocytes by immunofluorescence.
abstract: The prevalence of Bartonella infection in a pet cat population from France was found to be 8.1% (8 of 99 cats). The intraerythrocytic location of Bartonella clarridgeiae is shown for the first time, and we show that immunofluorescence detection of the organism in erythrocytes correlates with the number of bacteria in blood.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies CNRS UMR-A 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rolain
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Locatelli
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chabanne
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davoust
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D002415:Cats; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal