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Table 2 Serological, culture and molecular test results for a 7 1/2 -year-old girl (the daughter) with progressive neurological dysfunction

From: Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and Bartonella henselae bacteremia in a father and daughter with neurological disease

 

Bartonella IFA Reciprocal Titers

PCR/DNA Sequencing Results

Date/Sample

(Daughter)

B. henselae

Bvb Genotype II

Bvb Genotype III

Direct Extraction

BAPGM Enrichment Culture

Subculture Isolate

11-07-07 Blood

256

<16

128

Neg

Bvb TII

NIO

11-28-07 Blood

256

<16

64

Neg

Bvb TII

NIO

1-11-08 Blood

64

32

32

Neg

Bvb TII

Bvb TII

3-20-08 Blood

64

32

32

Neg

Neg

NIO

5-08-08 Blood

64

16

16

Neg

Neg

Ochrobactrum sp.

6-24-08 Blood

64

32

16

Neg

Neg

NIO

7-31-08 Blood

16

32

64

Neg

Neg

NIO

10-13-08 Blood

<16

<16

<16

Neg

Bh H1

NIO

12-01-2008 Blood

<16

<16

<16

Neg

Neg

NIO

  1. Neg = DNA was not amplified using Bartonella 16S-23S intergenic spacer (ITS) primers.
  2. NIO = No isolate obtained by subculture following BAPGM (Bartonella alpha Proteobacteria growth medium) enrichment culture. Bvb II = Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii Genotype II by DNA sequencing
  3. Bh H1 = Bartonella henselae ITS Houston I like strain by DNA sequencing