Abstract
We detected Bartonella in 11 of 109 insectivorous bats from France and 1 of 26 bats from Spain. These genetic variants are closely related to bat-associated Bartonella described in Finland and the United Kingdom and to B. mayotimonensis, the agent of a human endocarditis case in the United States.
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Dr Butin is a pediatrician working in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
We detected Bartonella in 11 of 109 insectivorous bats from France and 1 of 26 bats from Spain. These genetic variants are closely related to bat-associated Bartonella described in Finland and the United Kingdom and to B. mayotimonensis, the agent of a human endocarditis case in the United States
Bartonella spp. in bat populations of Europe are of particular interest because some variants described in Finland and the United Kingdom are closely related to Bartonella mayotimonensis, a species detected in the resected aortic valve of a 59-year-old endocarditis patient in the United States [5,6]
Summary
Dr Butin is a pediatrician working in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France. 4. Rasigade J-P, Raulin O, Picaud J-C, Tellini C, Bes M, Grando J, et al Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus capitis with reduced vancomycin susceptibility causes late-onset sepsis in intensive care neonates. Zoonotic Bartonella in Bats from France and Spain
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