Bartonella clarridgeiae bacteremia detected in an asymptomatic blood donor.
Human exposure to Bartonella clarridgeiae has been reported only on the basis of antibody detection. We report for the first time an asymptomatic human blood donor infected with B. clarridgeiae, as documented by enrichment blood culture, PCR, and DNA sequencing.
Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Gislaine
G
Vieira-Damiani
Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pomona, California, USA diniz@westernu.edu.
Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1639-2777
PP
Diniz
Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Luiza Helena Urso
LH
Pitassi
Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pomona, California, USA.
Stanley
S
Sowy
Department of Molecular & Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Diana Gerardi
DG
Scorpio
Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Bruno Grosselli
BG
Lania
Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Marina Rovani
MR
Drummond
Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Tânia Cristina Benetti
TC
Soares
Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Maria de Lourdes
Mde L
Barjas-Castro
Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Edward B
EB
Breitschwerdt
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
William L
WL
Nicholson
Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira
PE
Velho
D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D001473:Bartonella / Q000235:genetics*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D001782:Blood Donors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA