First isolation and genotyping of Bartonella henselae from a cat living with a patient with cat scratch disease in Southeast Europe

First isolation and genotyping of Bartonella henselae from a cat living with a patient with cat scratch disease in Southeast Europe

Abstract Background The bacterial genus Bartonella is distributed worldwide and poses a public health risk. Cat-scratch disease caused by B. henselae in Croatia was first described in 1957. It is present throughout the country: a survey of serum samples from 268 Croatian patients with lymphadenopath...

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Main Authors: Maja Stepanić, Sanja Duvnjak, Irena Reil, Silvio Špičić, Gordan Kompes, Relja Beck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cat-scratch disease
Bartonella henselae
Child
Cat
Culture
Genotyping
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3929-z

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