Meningitis due to a "Bartonella washoensis"-like human pathogen.
We report the second human case of infection caused by an organism identified as the proposed Bartonella species, "B. washoensis." The organism was isolated from a blood sample from a patient presenting with meningitis and early sepsis. Oropsylla montana fleas were implicated as the vector for disease transmission in this case.
Probert
Will
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Microbial Diseases Laboratory, Division of Communicable Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA. Will.Probert@cdph.ca.gov
Louie
Janice K
JK
Tucker
James R
JR
Longoria
Rose
R
Hogue
Robin
R
Moler
Silvia
S
Graves
Margot
M
Palmer
Heather J
HJ
Cassady
Joseph
J
Fritz
Curtis L
CL
D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S