title: Molecular evidence of perinatal transmission of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and Bartonella henselae to a child.
abstract: Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, Bartonella henselae, or DNA of both organisms was amplified and sequenced from blood, enrichment blood cultures, or autopsy tissues from four family members. Historical and microbiological results support perinatal transmission of Bartonella species in this family. It is of clinical relevance that Bartonella spp. may adversely influence human reproductive performance.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606-1428, USA. ed_breitschwerdt@ncsu.edu
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Breitschwerdt
authors.forename: Ricardo G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: Patricia E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Mascarelli
mesh_terms: D001473:Bartonella / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010920:Placenta / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
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