Bartonella henselae in skin biopsy specimens of patients with cat-scratch disease.
During the past 2 years, we identified live Bartonella henselae in the primary inoculation sites of 3 patients after a cat scratch. Although our data are preliminary, we report that a cutaneous swab of the skin lesion from a patient in the early stage of cat-scratch disease can be useful for diagnosis of the infection.
Université de Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
Emmanouil
E
Angelakis
Sophie
S
Edouard
Bernard
B
La Scola
Didier
D
Raoult
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D040081:Protein Array Analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial