Prevalence of Bartonella clarridgeiae and Bartonella henselae in domestic cats from France and detection of the organisms in erythrocytes by immunofluorescence.
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.
Rolain
Jean-Marc
JM
Unité des Rickettsies CNRS UMR-A 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
Locatelli
Caroline
C
Chabanne
Luc
L
Davoust
Bernard
B
Raoult
Didier
D
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
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal