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Species of bacterium
Bartonella alsatica is a
bacterium .
[1] Like other Bartonella species, it can cause disease in animals. It is small, aerobic,
oxidase -negative, and
Gram-negative . Its rod-like cells were localized within wild rabbit erythrocytes when first described. The type strain is IBS 382T (= CIP 105477T ). It is associated with cases of
lymphadenitis
[2] and
endocarditis .
[3]
[4]
References
^ Heller, R.; Kubina, M.; Mariet, P.; Riegel, P.; Delacour, G.; Dehio, C.; Lamarque, F.; Kasten, R.; Boulouis, H.-J.; Monteil, H.; Chomel, B.; Piemont, Y. (1999).
"Bartonella alsatica sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rabbits" . International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology . 49 (1): 283–288.
doi :
10.1099/00207713-49-1-283 .
ISSN
0020-7713 .
PMID
10028274 .
^ Angelakis, Emmanouil; Lepidi, Hubert; Canel, Atbir; Rispal, Patrick; Perraudeau, Françoise; Barre, Isabelle; Rolain, Jean-Marc; Raoult, Didier (2008).
"Human Case ofBartonella alsaticaLymphadenitis" . Emerging Infectious Diseases . 14 (12): 1951–1953.
doi :
10.3201/eid1412.080757 .
ISSN
1080-6040 .
PMC
2634634 .
PMID
19046532 .
^ Raoult, D.; Roblot, F.; Rolain, J.-M.; Besnier, J.-M.; Loulergue, J.; Bastides, F.; Choutet, P. (2006).
"First Isolation of Bartonella alsatica from a Valve of a Patient with Endocarditis" . Journal of Clinical Microbiology . 44 (1): 278–279.
doi :
10.1128/JCM.44.1.278-279.2006 .
ISSN
0095-1137 .
PMC
1351971 .
PMID
16390990 .
^ Jeanclaude, D.; Godmer, P.; Leveiller, D.; Pouedras, P.; Fournier, P.-E.; Raoult, D.; Rolain, J.-M. (2009).
"Bartonella alsaticaendocarditis in a French patient in close contact with rabbits" . Clinical Microbiology and Infection . 15 : 110–111.
doi :
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02187.x .
ISSN
1198-743X .
PMID
19438633 .
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