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.
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
Will
W
Probert
Janice K
JK
Louie
James R
JR
Tucker
Rose
R
Longoria
Robin
R
Hogue
Silvia
S
Moler
Margot
M
Graves
Heather J
HJ
Palmer
Joseph
J
Cassady
Curtis L
CL
Fritz
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