Isolation of Bartonella schoenbuchensis from Lipoptena cervi, a blood-sucking arthropod causing deer ked dermatitis.
Bartonella schoenbuchensis, which commonly causes bacteremia in ruminants, was isolated from the deer ked Lipoptena cervi and was shown to localize to the midgut of this blood-sucking arthropod, causing deer ked dermatitis in humans. The role of B. schoenbuchensis in the etiology of deer ked dermatitis should be further investigated.
Dehio
Christoph
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Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland. christoph.dehio@unibas.ch
Sauder
Ursula
U
Hiestand
Rosemarie
R
D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors / Q000382:microbiology; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004175:Diptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA