TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular characterization of first human Bartonella strain isolated in Italy
AU - Ciervo, A.
AU - Petrucca, A.
AU - Ciarrocchi, S.
AU - Pinto, A.
AU - Bonazzi, L.
AU - Fabio, A.
AU - Farnetti, E.
AU - Chomel, B. B.
AU - Ciceroni, L.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The aim of this study was to characterize a Bartonella strain (BA-1) isolated from a blood culture of an Italian, human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient with bacillary angiomatosis. We analyzed the isolate using molecular biology methods such as whole-cell fatty acid analysis, PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, type-specific 16S rRNA PCRs, sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and arbitrarily primed PCR. The BA-1 isolate turned out to be a Bartonella quintana strain, similar but not identical to B. quintana Oldahoma, which was used as a control strain.
AB - The aim of this study was to characterize a Bartonella strain (BA-1) isolated from a blood culture of an Italian, human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient with bacillary angiomatosis. We analyzed the isolate using molecular biology methods such as whole-cell fatty acid analysis, PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, type-specific 16S rRNA PCRs, sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and arbitrarily primed PCR. The BA-1 isolate turned out to be a Bartonella quintana strain, similar but not identical to B. quintana Oldahoma, which was used as a control strain.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035209496&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0035209496&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4554-4557.2001
DO - 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4554-4557.2001
M3 - Article
C2 - 11724882
AN - SCOPUS:0035209496
VL - 39
SP - 4554
EP - 4557
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
SN - 0095-1137
IS - 12
ER -