Volume 11, Number 8—August 2005
Dispatch
Bartonella quintana in Domestic Cat
Vu Dang La*, Lam Tran-Hung*, Gérard Aboudharam*, Didier Raoult*
, and Michel Drancourt*
, and Michel Drancourt*Table 2
Prevalence of Bartonella spp. in cats, fleas, and gland tissue from humans with suspected cat-scratch disease in Marseille
| Bartonella sp. |
Cats, n/N (%)* |
Fleas, n/N (%)† |
Gland tissue, n/N (%)‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. henselae | 9/39 (23) | 9/309 (2.9) | 36/321 (11.2) |
| B. clarridgeiae | 0/39 (0) | 55/309 (17.8) | 0/321 (0) |
| B. quintana | 1/39 (2.5) | 14/309 (4.5) | 1/321 (0.3) |
