TY - JOUR AU - Kordick, Dorsey L. AU - Breitschwerdt, Edward B. T1 - Persistent Infection of Pets within a Household with Three Bartonella Species T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 1998 VL - 4 IS - 2 SP - 325 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We monitored by blood culture and immunofluorescence assay (IFA) bartonella infection in one dog and eight cats in a household to determine the prevalence and persistence of the infection as well as its transmissibility to humans. Ectoparasite control was rigorously exercised. During a 3-year period, Bartonella clarridgeiae was recovered from one cat on two occasions, and B. henselae was isolated from another cat on four occasions. During a 16-month period, B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii was isolated from the dog on 8 of 10 culture attempts. Despite extensive household contact, the pet owner was seronegative to all three species by IFA for Bartonella-specific immunoglobulin G. KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0402.980225 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/4/2/98-0225_article ER - End of Reference