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Isolation of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype II from a boy with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and a dog with hemangiopericytoma.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2009
Breitschwerdt Edward B, Maggi Ricardo G, Varanat Mrudula, Linder Keith E, Weinberg Guy
Abstract excerpt
In this report, we describe isolation of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype II from a boy with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and a dog with hemangiopericytoma. These results suggest that B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii may cause vasoproliferative lesions in both humans and dogs.
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