Bartonella quintana Endocarditis in Dogs
- Patrick Kelly
- Jean-Marc Rolain
- Ricardo G. Maggi
- Sushama Sontakke
- Bruce Keene
- Stuart Hunter
- Hubert Lepidi
- Kyle T. Breitschwerdt
- Edward B. Breitschwerdt
- Didier Raoult
Publication date
December 2006
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
We provide the first evidence that Bartonella quintana can infect dogs and cause typical signs of endocarditis. Using PCR and sequencing, we identified B. quintana in the blood of a dog from the United States with aortic valve endocarditis and probably also in the mitral valve of a dog from New Zealand with endocarditis
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