Diagnosis and follow-up of Bartonella henselae infection in the spleen of an immunocompetent patient by real-time quantitative PCR
Liberto, Maria Carla and Matera, Giovanni and Lamberti, Angelo G. and Quirino, Angela and Barreca, Giorgio S. and Marascio, Nadia and Baudi, Francesco and Caroleo, Benedetto and Staltari, Orietta and Focà, Alfredo,, 62, 1081-1085 (2013),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.050617-0,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 0022-2615,
abstract= Systemic Bartonella henselae infections are unusual in immunocompetent adults. However, here we report one such case of bartonellosis in a 34-year-old patient, who presented with fever and multinodular splenomegaly. We also describe a novel method of identifying Bartonella henselae by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction and sequencing of amplified products. This could prevent splenic bartonellosis being mistaken for lymphoma and thereby avert unnecessary splenectomy.,
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