Human coinfection with Bartonella henselae and two hemotropic mycoplasma variants resembling Mycoplasma ovis.
Two variants of an organism resembling the ovine hemoplasma, Mycoplasma ovis, were detected by PCR in blood samples from a veterinarian in Texas. Coinfection with similar variants has been described in sheep. This represents the first report of human infection with this organism. The veterinarian was coinfected with Bartonella henselae.
Sykes
Jane E
JE
Department of Medicine & Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. jesykes@ucdavis.edu
Lindsay
Leann L
LL
Maggi
Ricardo G
RG
Breitschwerdt
Edward B
EB
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013781:Texas; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018634:Veterinarians
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial