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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 1

Serologic test results from kidney transplant recipients and donor with Bartonella quintana infection, United States, 2022*

Source Posttransplant specimen collection, weeks Test performed Result
Recipient A
 14 B. henselae IgG Negative
B. henselae IgM Negative
19 B. henselae IgG Negative
B. henselae IgM Negative
35
 B. henselae IgG 1:512
B. henselae IgM
 Negative
Recipient B
 26 B. henselae IgG 1:16,384
B. henselae IgM Negative
26 B. quintana IgG 1:2,048
B. quintana IgM 1:64
30 B. henselae IgG 1:32,768
B. henselae IgM Negative
30 B. quintana IgG 1:4,096
B. quintana IgM 1:128
44 B. henselae IgG 1:1,024
B. henselae IgM Negative
44 B. quintana IgG 1:512
B. quintana IgM Negative
54 B. henselae IgG 1:1,024
B. henselae IgM Negative
54 B. quintana IgG 1:256
B. quintana IgM Negative
63† B. henselae IgG 1:64
B. henselae IgM Negative
63†
 B. quintana IgG Negative
B. quintana IgM
 Negative
Donor Archived specimen B. henselae IgG 1:256
B. henselae IgM Negative
Archived specimen B. quintana IgG Negative
B quintana IgM Negative

*All serologic testing was performed at ARUP Laboratories (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA). †Recipient B’s 63-week samples were not sent to ARUP Laboratories. Reference ranges for B. henselae and B quintana titers: IgG <1:64, negative; 1:64–1:128, equivocal; >1:256, positive; IgM <1:16, negative; >1:16, positive.

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