title: Molecular detection of Bartonella quintana DNA in the dental pulp of a homeless patient.
abstract: Dental pulp has been proposed as a suitable tissue sample for the identification of pathogenic organisms. Using PCR with two specific gene targets, Bartonella quintana DNA was detected in the dental pulp extracted from the tooth of a homeless patient. The patient had been bacteremic 6 months previously but was not when the tooth was sampled.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020 IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27, Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aboudharam
authors.forename: P-E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foucault
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brouqui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D018413:Bartonella quintana / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000382:microbiology*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial