Meningitis Due to a "Bartonella Washoensis"-like Human Pathogen

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2009 May 15

PMID 19439538

Citations 17

Authors

Will Probert

Janice K Louie

James R Tucker

Rose Longoria

Robin Hogue

Silvia Moler

Margot Graves

Heather J Palmer

Joseph Cassady

Curtis L Fritz

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Abstract

We report the second human case of infection caused by an organism identified as the proposed Bartonella species, "B. washoensis." The organism was isolated from a blood sample from a patient presenting with meningitis and early sepsis. Oropsylla montana fleas were implicated as the vector for disease transmission in this case.

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