Neljältä perheenjäseneltä löydettiin bartonellabakteeria. Historialliset ja mikrobiologiset tutkimukset tukevat taudin tarttuneen lapsiin syntymän aikana tai heti sen jälkeen.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print]
Molecular evidence of perinatal transmission of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and B. henselae to a child.
Breitschwerdt EB, Maggi RG, Farmer P, Mascarelli PE.
Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (E.B. Breitschwerdt, R.G. Maggi, P. E. Mascarelli), and the Department of Pathology, North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, New York (P. Farmer).
Abstract
Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, Bartonella henselae or DNA of both organisms was amplified and sequenced from blood, enrichment blood cultures or autopsy tissues from four family members. Historical and microbiological results support perinatal transmission of Bartonella species in this family.
PMID: 20392912