Maruyama S, Nakamura Y, Kabeya H, Tanaka S, Sakai T, Katsube Y
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.
J Vet Med Sci. 2000 Mar;62(3):273-9. doi: 10.1292/jvms.62.273.
The authors investigated bacteriologically the prevalence of Bartonella infection among 690 pet cats derived from 10 private animal hospitals in six cities (Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture; Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture; Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture; Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecutre; Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture; Sanda, Hyogo Prefecutre) and 4 counties (Mishima, Osaka Prefecture; Hikawa, Shimane Prefecture; Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture; Shimajiri, Okinawa Prefecture) located from the north to the south of Japan. Bartonella species were isolated from 7.2% (50/690) of all the cats examined. No Bartonella species were isolated from the cats in Sapporo or Sendai. The isolation rate varied from 2% in Joetsu and Sanda to 20% in Shimajiri. Bartonella clarridgeiae was isolated from two of 50 cats in Kyoto, three of 50 in Mishima and one of 50 in Shimajiri, but not in cats from the other cities or counties. Though the cats of Joetsu, Fujisawa, Kyoto, Sanda, Aira and Shimajiri were infected with either B. henselae or B. clarridgeiae, one of eight infected cats in Mishima was harboring both Bartonella species. Type I of 16S rRNA gene was the predominant type among the isolates of B. henselae, but only one isolate derived from Shimajiri was found to be of type II. Prevalence of B. clarridgeiae and the 16S rRNA gene type of B. henselae among cats in Japan was demonstrated for the first time in this investigation.
作者对来自日本从北到南的6个城市（北海道札幌市、宫城县仙台市、新潟县上越市、神奈川县藤泽市、京都府京都市、兵库县三田市）和4个县（大阪府三岛市、岛根县日和佐市、鹿儿岛县奄美市、冲绳县岛尻市）的10家私立动物医院的690只宠物猫进行了巴尔通体感染患病率的细菌学调查。在所检查的所有猫中，7.2%（50/690）分离出了巴尔通体菌种。在札幌或仙台的猫中未分离出巴尔通体菌种。分离率从 上越市和三田市的2%到岛尻市的20%不等。从京都50只猫中的2只、三岛50只猫中的3只和岛尻50只猫中的1只分离出了克拉氏巴尔通体，但在其他城市或县的猫中未分离到。虽然上越市、藤泽市、京都市、三田市、奄美市和岛尻市的猫感染了亨氏巴尔通体或克拉氏巴尔通体，但三岛市8只受感染的猫中有1只同时携带这两种巴尔通体菌种。16S rRNA基因的I型是亨氏巴尔通体分离株中的主要类型，但仅发现岛尻市的1株分离株为II型。本次调查首次证实了日本猫中克拉氏巴尔通体的患病率以及亨氏巴尔通体的16S rRNA基因类型。
