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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Synopsis

Bartonella quintana Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients from Donor Experiencing Homelessness, United States, 2022

Amy M. Beeson, Shannan N. Rich, Michael E. Russo, Julu Bhatnagar, Rebecca N. Kumar, Jana M. Ritter, Pallavi Annambhotla, Moe R. Takeda, Kira F. Kuhn, Prishanya Pillai, Marlene DeLeon-Carnes, Rebecca Scobell, Maheswari Ekambaram, Rachel Finkel, Sarah Reagan-Steiner, Roosecelis B. Martines, Rohit S. Satoskar, Gayle M. Vranic, Raji Mohammed, Gloria E. Rivera, Kumarasen Cooper, Heba Abdelal, Marc Roger Couturier, Benjamin T. Bradley, Alison F. Hinckley, Jane E. Koehler, Paul S. Mead, Matthew J. Kuehnert, Joel Ackelsberg, Sridhar V. Basavaraju, and Grace E. Marx
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (A.M. Beeson, S.N. Rich, A.F. Hinckley, P.S. Mead, G.E. Marx); The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (M.E. Russo, M.R. Takeda, K.F. Kuhn, R. Scobell, M. Ekambaram, R. Finkel, H. Abdelal); Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (M.E. Russo, M.R. Takeda, K. Cooper); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J. Bhatnagar, J.M. Ritter, P. Annambhotla, M. DeLeon-Carnes, R.S. Satoskar, M.J. Kuehnert, S.V. Basavaraju); MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA (R.N. Kumar, P. Pillai, S. Reagan-Steiner, R.B. Martines, G.M. Vranic); Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA (G.M. Vranic); Lincoln Medical Center, New York, NY, USA (R. Mohammed); New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York (G.E. Rivera, M.J. Kuehnert, J. Ackelsberg); University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (H. Abdelal); ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (M.R. Couturier, B.T. Bradley); University of Utah, Salt Lake City (M.R. Couturier, B.T. Bradley); University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (J.E. Koehler).

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Table 2

Test results other than serology from kidney transplant recipients and donor with Bartonella quintana infection, United States, 2022*

Source Time posttransplant specimen collection, wk Specimen type Test performed (performing laboratory) Result
Recipient A 16 Liver tissue (FFPE) Bartonella spp. PCR (ARUP Laboratories) Positive
16 Liver tissue (FFPE) Bartonella spp. PCR (CDC) Positive
16 Liver tissue (FFPE) Bartonella spp. sequencing (CDC) B. quintana
16 Liver tissue Fungal, aerobic, and anaerobic tissue culture No growth
19 Serum Bartonella spp. PCR (ARUP Laboratories) Positive
19 Whole blood Blood culture No growth after 5 d
Recipient B 26 Whole blood Bartonella spp. PCR (ARUP Laboratories) Positive
54 Serum Bartonella spp. PCR (ARUP Laboratories) Negative
Donor Prior to transplant Whole blood Blood culture No growth after 5 d
Archived specimen Serum Bartonella spp. PCR (ARUP Laboratories) Negative
Archived specimen Hematoma (FFPE) Bartonella spp. PCR (CDC) Positive
Archived specimen Hematoma (FFPE) Bartonella spp. sequencing (CDC) B. quintana

*CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; FFPE, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded.

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