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Isolation of Candidatus Bartonella melophagi from Human Blood1
30 Dec 2008
Abstract excerpt
Candidatus Bartonella melophagi was isolated by blood culture from 2 women, 1 of whom was co-infected with B. henselae. Partial 16S rRNA, RNA polymerase B, and citrate synthase genes and 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer sequences indicated that human isolates were similar to Candidatus B. melophagi. D uring the past decade, the number of Bartonella spe- cies that are documented human pathogens has rapidly...
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