title: Analysis of the first Australian strains of Bartonella quintana reveals unique genotypes.
abstract: Bartonella quintana is increasingly recognized as a cause of clinical disease in various geographical locations. We characterized three Australian strains associated with endocarditis, using established molecular-typing techniques, the 16S/23S rRNA intergenic spacer (ITS) region, and multispacer typing (MST). All strains examined demonstrated novel ITS and/or MST genotypes. Further characterization of Australian strains is required to determine whether there is an association between genotype and geographical location.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine,Flinders University and Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia, Australia 5042. mark.woolley@fmc.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Woolley
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Bruce L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wetherall
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology*; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D018413:Bartonella quintana / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S