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Genetic diversity of Bartonella henselae in human infection detected with multispacer typing.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2007
Li Wenjun, Raoult Didier, Fournier Pierre-Edouard
Abstract excerpt
We applied multispacer typing (MST) by incorporating 9 variable intergenic spacers to Bartonella henselae DNA detected in lymph node biopsy specimens from 70 patients with cat-scratch disease (CSD), in cardiac valve specimens from 2 patients with endocarditis, and in 3 human isolates from patients with bacillary angiomatosis, CSD, and endocarditis. Sixteen MST genotypes were found, 5 previously identified in cats...
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