Volume 14, Number 12—December 2008
Letter
Bartonella henselae Antibodies after Cat Bite1
Table
Titers against Bartonella spp. antigens in 6 patients who seroconverted
Patient sex/ age, y | Reciprocal titer |
Interval, d | Antigen | High titer to other antigen | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acute-phase serum | Convalescent-phase serum | ||||
F/77 | 32 | 128 | 6 | B. henselae Berlin1 | B. henselae K68 |
F/50 | 32 | 256 | 17 | B. henselae Berlin1 | 0 |
M/74 | 128 | 512 | 19 | B. grahamii | B. henselae K68 |
F/62 | 32 | 128 | 44 | B. elizabethae | B. henselae K68 |
M/56 | 32 | 128 | 15 | B. henselae Houston-1 | B. grahamii |
F/23 | 32 | 128 | 10 | B. henselae Berlin1 | B. grahamii |
1Presented in part at the 4th International Conference on Bartonella as Emerging Pathogens, 2004 Aug 26–28, Uppsala, Sweden.
2Current affiliation: Central Hospital, Kristianstad, Sweden.