Isolation of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype II from a boy with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and a dog with hemangiopericytoma.
In this report, we describe isolation of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype II from a boy with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and a dog with hemangiopericytoma. These results suggest that B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii may cause vasoproliferative lesions in both humans and dogs.
Breitschwerdt
Edward B
EB
Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA. ed_breitschwerdt@ncsu.edu
Maggi
Ricardo G
RG
Varanat
Mrudula
M
Linder
Keith E
KE
Weinberg
Guy
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000150:complications*; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male