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Human Coinfection with Bartonella henselae and Two Hemotropic Mycoplasma Variants Resembling Mycoplasma ovis

2010; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 48; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jcm.01029-10

1098-660X

Jane E. Sykes, LeAnn L. Lindsay, Ricardo G. Maggi, Edward B. Breitschwerdt,

Vector-borne infectious diseases

ABSTRACT Two variants of an organism resembling the ovine hemoplasma, Mycoplasma ovis , were detected by PCR in blood samples from a veterinarian in Texas. Coinfection with similar variants has been described in sheep. This represents the first report of human infection with this organism. The veterinarian was coinfected with Bartonella henselae .