Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Medicine, Turku University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Aug;51(8):2781-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00910-13. Epub 2013 Jun 5.
Bartonella grahamii colonizes rodents worldwide and has been detected in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks. Here, the first human B. grahamii infection confirmed by multilocus sequence typing is reported. The route of transmission and clinical picture of the patient are similar to those seen in patients with cat scratch disease, which is typically diagnosed as a Bartonella henselae infection.
Bartonella grahamii 遍布世界各地的啮齿动物,并已在刺螫伊蚊中检测到。在此,报告了首例通过多位点序列分型确认的人 B. grahamii 感染。该患者的传播途径和临床表现与猫抓病患者相似,通常诊断为感染汉赛巴尔通体。