Identification of Novel Zoonotic Activity of Bartonella spp., France
Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Sara Moutailler, Françoise Féménia, Philippe Raymond, Olivier Croce, Bernard La Scola, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, and Didier Raoult
Author affiliations: Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail, Maisons Alfort, France (M. Vayssier-Taussat, S. Moutailler, F. Féménia); Groupe Chronimed, Saint-Péray, France (P. Raymond); Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France (O. Croce, B. La Scola, P-E. Fournier, D. Raoult)
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Table 1
Patients whose blood cultures were positive for Bartonella spp. that had no previously known zoonotic activity, France
Case-patient no./age, y/sex |
Bartonella spp. |
Tick bite date |
Pets |
Wild animal contact |
Main complaints |
Bacteremia, CFU/mL |
1/49/F |
B. henselae |
Multiple since 2008 |
Cats, dogs, horses |
Rats, fish |
Fatigue, muscle pain, headache |
50 |
2/58/M |
B. henselae |
2011 |
Birds, rabbits |
No |
Fatigue, muscle pain |
70 |
3/47/F |
B. henselae |
2012 |
Dog, hamster |
No |
Fatigue, generalized pain, insomnia |
80 |
4/45/F |
B. doshiae |
2009 |
No |
No |
Fatigue, blurred vision, arthralgia |
50 |
5/64/M |
B. tribocorum |
2012 |
Dog |
Game animals (hunter) |
Fatigue, muscle pain, headache |
60 |
6/40/F |
B. schoenbuchensis |
2011 |
No |
No |
Fatigue, muscle pain, fever |
850 |
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