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.
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
Edward B
EB
Breitschwerdt
Ricardo G
RG
Maggi
Mrudula
M
Varanat
Keith E
KE
Linder
Guy
G
Weinberg
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