Infective Endocarditis in a Dog and the Phylogenetic Relationship of the Associated “ Bartonella rochalimae ” Strain with Isolates from Dogs, Gray Foxes, and a Human

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The first case of canine endocarditis caused by "Bartonella rochalimae" is reported. By PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism, sequence, and phylogenetic analyses, Bartonella isolates from a dog with endocarditis, 22 gray foxes, and three dogs, described as B. clarridgeiae like, were confirmed to belong to the new species "B. rochalimae," suggesting canids as the natural reservoir.

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