Abstract
The prevalence of Bartonella infection in a pet cat population from France was found to be 8.1% (8 of 99 cats). The intraerythrocytic location of Bartonella clarridgeiae is shown for the first time, and we show that immunofluorescence detection of the organism in erythrocytes correlates with the number of bacteria in blood.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Animals, Domestic
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Bacteremia / diagnosis
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Bacteremia / immunology
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Bacteremia / veterinary
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Bartonella henselae / immunology
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Bartonella henselae / isolation & purification*
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Cat Diseases / diagnosis
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Cat Diseases / epidemiology*
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Cat Diseases / microbiology
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Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis
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Cat-Scratch Disease / epidemiology*
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Cat-Scratch Disease / veterinary*
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Cats
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Erythrocytes / microbiology
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Fluorescent Antibody Technique
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France / epidemiology
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Seroepidemiologic Studies