title: Rapid identification of Bartonella henselae by real-time polymerase chain reaction in a patient with cat scratch disease.
abstract: We report a localized submandibular lymph node infection in a patient with cat scratch disease. Directly performing real-time polymerase chain reaction assay on the biopsy sample, Bartonella henselae DNA was simultaneously detected and identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious, Parasitic, and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy. ciervo@iss.it
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciervo
authors.forename: Claudio M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Mastroianni
authors.forename: Camilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ajassa
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ciceroni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D002648:Child; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial