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Bartonella henselae: etiology of pulmonary nodules in a patient with depressed cell-mediated immunity.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jun 1995
Caniza M A, Granger D L, Wilson K H, Washington M K, Kordick D L, Frush D P, Blitchington R B
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We describe an immunocompromised renal transplantation patient with opportunistic lung infection due to Bartonella henselae (formerly Rochalimaea henselae) and provide evidence suggesting transmission from a pet cat. Computed tomographic scans of the chest and lung biopsies provided material for diagnosis. The etiology was established by polymerase chain reaction and sequencing of a 16S ribosomal DNA segment from...
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