title: Isolation of Bartonella quintana from a woman and a cat following putative bite transmission.
abstract: We report here the detection of Bartonella quintana, after putative bite transmission, in pre-enrichment blood cultures from a woman and from two feral barn cats. Prospective molecular epidemiological studies are necessary to characterize the risk of human Bartonella quintana infection following cat bites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA. ed_breitschwerdt@ncsu.edu
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Breitschwerdt
authors.forename: Ricardo G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.forename: Betsy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sigmon
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Nicholson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D018413:Bartonella quintana / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001733:Bites and Stings; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014205:Trench Fever / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission*