First Isolation of
            <i>Bartonella alsatica</i>
            from a Valve of a Patient with Endocarditis

Raoult, Didier; Rolain, Jean‐Marc; Besnier, Jean-Marc; Loulergue, J.; Bastides, Frédéric; Choutet, P.

doi:10.1128/jcm.44.1.278-279.2006

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“…During the study period, we diagnosed 106 cases of Bartonella endocarditis, 47 of which have been mentioned or reported (11,(13)(14)(15)19). Serum, EDTA blood, and valvular specimens were available for 102, 60, and 52 of these patients, respectively.…”

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“…berkhoffii (9,10), B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis (11), Bartonella koehlerae (12), Bartonella alsatica (13,14), and "Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis" (15), have occasionally been reported in the literature. Epidemiological data suggest a European-African gradient distribution in the prevalence of Bartonella endocarditis, the highest prevalence being reported in southern countries (7).…”

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Bartonella, a Common Cause of Endocarditis: a Report on 106 Cases and Review

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Bartonella spp. are fastidious bacteria that cause blood culture-negative endocarditis and have been increasingly reported. In this study, we included all patients retrospectively and prospectively diagnosed with Bartonella endocarditis in our French reference center between 2005 and 2013. Our diagnosis was based on the modified Duke criteria and microbiological findings, including serological and PCR results. To review the published literature, we searched all human Bartonella endocarditis cases published in the PubMed database between January 2005 and October 2013. We report here a large series of 106 cases, which include 59 cases that had not previously been reported or mentioned. Indirect immunofluorescence assays, Western blotting, and realtime PCR from total blood, serum, and valve tissue exhibited sensitivities of 58%, 100%, 33%, 36%, and 91%, respectively. The number of cases reported in the literature between 2005 and 2013 increased to reach a cumulative number of 196 cases. The number of cases reported in the literature by other centers is increasing more rapidly than that reported by our French reference center (P < 10 ؊2 ). Currently, there is a lack of criteria for the diagnosis of Bartonella endocarditis. We suggest that a positive PCR result from a cardiac valve or blood specimen, an IgG titer of >800 using an immunofluorescence assay, or a positive Western blot assay be considered major Duke criteria for Bartonella endocarditis. There is no real increase in the incidence of these infections but rather a better understanding and interest in the disease resulting from the improvement of diagnostic tools.

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“…uring the past decade, the number of Bartonella species that are documented human pathogens has rapidly increased (1 (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7). Sheep are the most likely reservoir hosts for Candidatus B. melophagi and sheep keds may be a vector for their transmission among sheep.…”

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Isolation of Candidatus Bartonella melophagi from Human Blood1

Maggi¹,

Kosoy²,

Mintzer³

et al. 2009

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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“…At present, only a limited number of human infections caused by rodent-borne Bartonella species has been reported. However, previous experience has shown that Bartonella species firstly detected or isolated in animals could be later involved in humans, such as Bartonella alsatica, which was firstly isolated from wild rabbits (Heller et al 1999) and later identified in cases of endocarditis (Raoult et al 2006) and cat scratch disease (Angelakis et al 2008) in humans. Accordingly, although the public health signi ficance of Bartonella coopersplainsensis identified in our study remains to be clarified, it should be prudent for people working in conditions bringing them in contact with wild rodents to take the appropriate measures to protect themselves from direct contact with these animals, as well as their ectoparasites (e.g.…”

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First identification of Bartonella coopersplainsensis in wild rodents (Rattus norvegicus) in Greece

Papadogiannakis

Spanakos

Κοντου)

et al. 2017

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

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ABSTRACT. This study was a preliminary attempt to detect Bartonella sp. in tissues (liver and heart) obtained from wild rodents {Rattus norvegicus) in central Greece. Eighteen (18) liver and eighteen (18) heart samples were examined, which were obtained from twenty three (23) animals. Two (2) liver samples were found positive, while the heart samples examined were found negative for Bartonella sp. 16S-23S intergenic spacer rDNA gene by PCR. Sequencing of the positive PCR products and comparison with those available in GenBank using the BLAST program revealed the same species of Bartonella in both positive samples with 100% sequence homology to Bartonella coopersplainsensis. Keywords: Bartonella coopersplainsensis, Rattus norvegicus, Greece, PCRΠΕΡΙΑΗΨΗ. Η μελέτη αυτή ήταν μια πρώτη προσπάθεια για ανίχνευση της Bartonella sp. σε ιστούς (ήπαρ και καρδιά) που πάρθηκαν από άγρια τρωκτικά {Rattus norvegicus) στην κεντρική Ελλάδα. Εξετάστηκαν δεκαοκτώ (18) δείγματα ήπατος και δεκαοκτώ (18) δείγματα καρδιάς, τα οποία προέρχονταν από είκοσι τρία (23) ζώα. Δυο (2) δείγματα ήπατος βρέθηκαν θετικά ενώ όλα τα δείγματα καρδιάς ήταν αρνητικά για το γονίδιο 16S-23S intergenic spacer rDNA της Bartonella sp. Η αλληλουχία των βάσεων του DNA των θετικών δειγμάτων και η σύγκριση με τα διαθέσιμα δεδομένα της GenBank με τη χρησιμοποίηση του προγράμματος BLAST, αποκάλυψε το ίδιο είδος Bartonella και στα δύο θετικά δείγματα με 100% ομοιότητα με την αλληλουχία των βάσεων της Bartonella coopersplainsensis.

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First Isolation of Bartonella alsatica from a Valve of a Patient with Endocarditis

Cited by 119 publications

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Bartonella, a Common Cause of Endocarditis: a Report on 106 Cases and Review

Bartonella, a Common Cause of Endocarditis: a Report on 106 Cases and Review

Isolation of Candidatus Bartonella melophagi from Human Blood1

First identification of Bartonella coopersplainsensis in wild rodents (Rattus norvegicus) in Greece

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