Rapid identification of Bartonella henselae by real-time polymerase chain reaction in a patient with cat scratch disease.
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.
Ciervo
Alessandra
A
Department of Infectious, Parasitic, and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy. ciervo@iss.it
Mastroianni
Claudio M
CM
Ajassa
Camilla
C
Pinto
Antonella
A
Ciceroni
Lorenzo
L
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial