Volume 13, Number 9—September 2007
Dispatch
Endocarditis in Cattle Caused by Bartonella bovis
Renaud Maillard*, Elisabeth Petit†, Bruno Chomel‡, Caroline Lacroux§, François Schelcher§, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat†, Nadia Haddad*, and Henri-Jean Boulouis*
Table
Serologic and PCR results for the vegetative heart valves from 22 cows*
| Case no. | Age, y | Valve | Bartonella PCR (gltA) | Indirect fluorescent antibody titer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. bovis | B. chomelii | B. schoenbuchensis | ||||
| 05–1406 | 13 | Aortic | + | 5,120 | 320 | 640 |
| 04–927 | 15 | Mitral | + | 640 | 160 | 160 |
| 05–379 | 8 | Aortic | – | 40 | – | – |
| 04–269 | 7 | Aortic | – | – | – | – |
| 4071 | 3.5 | Pulmonary | – | 40 | 40 | 80 |
| 3977 | 5.5 | Aortic | – | – | – | – |
| 556 | 8.5 | Pulmonary | – | 80 | 40 | – |
| 5988 | 6 | Pulmonary | – | – | – | – |
| 1507 | 6.5 | Tricuspid | – | – | – | – |
| 766 | 12 | Tricuspid | – | – | – | – |
| 4002 | 5 | Tricuspid | – | – | – | – |
| 4815 | 8 | Pulmonary | – | – | – | – |
| 4768 | 5 | Pulmonary | – | – | – | – |
| 4921 | 6 | Tricuspid | – | – | – | – |
| 4784 | 5.5 | Aortic | – | – | – | – |
| 239 | 10 | Pulmonary | – | – | – | – |
| 269 | 7 | Aortic | – | – | – | – |
| 304 | 12 | Pulmonary | – | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| 528 | 6 | Tricuspid | – | – | – | – |
| 975 | 6.5 | Tricuspid | – | – | – | – |
| 1289 | 10 | Tricuspid | – | – | – | – |
| 116 | 6 | Pulmonary | – | – | – | – |
| 379 | 8 | Aortic | – | – | – | – |
*gltA, citrate synthase; +, positive; –, negative.
