Jannete Gamboa-Prieto, Anabel Cruz-Romero, José A Jiménez-Hernández, José Rodrigo Ramos-Vázquez, Gerardo G Ballados-González, Dora Romero-Salas, Violeta T Pardío-Sedas, Sandra C Esparza-Gonzalez, Ingeborg Becker, Sokani Sánchez-Montes
The genus Bartonella encompasses 38 validated species of Gram-negative, facultative intracellular bacteria that colonize the endothelial cells and erythrocytes of a wide spectrum of mammals. To date, 12 Bartonella species have been recorded infecting humans, causing diseases of long historical characterization, such as cat scratch fever and trench fever, and emerging bartonellosis that mainly affect animal health professionals. For this reason, this study aimed to report a documented case of Bartonella bovis infecting a veterinarian from Mexico by the amplification, sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction of the citrate synthase (gltA) and the RNA polymerase beta-subunit (rpoB) genes, and to report the natural course of this infection...
2023: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo