TY - JOUR AU - Kelly, Patrick AU - Rolain, Jean-Marc AU - Maggi, Ricardo AU - Sontakke, Sushama AU - Keene, Bruce AU - Hunter, Stuart AU - Lepidi, Hubert AU - Breitschwerdt, Kyle T. AU - Breitschwerdt, Edward B. AU - Raoult, Didier T1 - Bartonella quintana Endocarditis in Dogs T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 12 SP - 1869 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We provide the first evidence that Bartonella quintana can infect dogs and cause typical signs of endocarditis. Using PCR and sequencing, we identified B. quintana in the blood of a dog from the United States with aortic valve endocarditis and probably also in the mitral valve of a dog from New Zealand with endocarditis. KW - Bartonella quintana KW - endocarditis KW - canine KW - research KW - United States KW - New Zealand DO - 10.3201/eid1212.060724 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/12/06-0724_article ER - End of Reference