Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Bartonella henselae Strains, South Korea.

ABSTRACT: Bartonella henselae, a gram-negative bacterium, is a common causative agent of zoonotic infections. We report 5 culture-proven cases of B. henselae infection in South Korea. By alignment of the 16S rRNA sequences and multilocus sequencing typing analysis, we identified all isolates as B. henselae Houston-1 strain, which belongs to sequence type 1.

SUBMITTER: Kwon HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5938757 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature