title: Infective endocarditis in a dog and the phylogenetic relationship of the associated "Bartonella rochalimae" strain with isolates from dogs, gray foxes, and a human.
abstract: The first case of canine endocarditis caused by "Bartonella rochalimae" is reported. By PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism, sequence, and phylogenetic analyses, Bartonella isolates from a dog with endocarditis, 22 gray foxes, and three dogs, described as B. clarridgeiae like, were confirmed to belong to the new species "B. rochalimae," suggesting canids as the natural reservoir.
authors.affiliation: Napa County Health and Human Services, Public Health Division, 2344 Old Sonoma Rd., Bldg. G, Napa, California 94559, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Henn
authors.forename: Mourad W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Rickie W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Kasten
authors.forename: Richard N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Jane E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Koehler
authors.forename: Kristin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kittleson
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Bruno B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Chomel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005589:Foxes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer