Four Bartonella species cause a variety of emerging infectious diseases in humans that can
be difficult to diagnose. A PCR-based identification system using amplimers designed from …

Repetitive-element PCR (rep-PCR) with primers based on repetitive extragenic palindromic
(REP) and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) repeated DNA sequences …

The genus Bartonella includes numerous species with varied host associations, including
several that infect humans. Development of a molecular diagnostic method capable of …

Five species of Bartonella have been reported to infect humans and cause a variety of
diseases that can be difficult to diagnose. Four species of Bartonella have been reported to …

Multiple Bartonella species cause disease in humans. Although fast and accurate species
differentiation could inform effective treatment interventions, species-level diagnosis of …

Bartonella are vector-borne hemotropic bacteria that infect a wide variety of hosts, including
people. While there are PCR assays that can identify individual or groups of Bartonella …

The genus Bartonella includes a group of species that are associated with a wide range of
mammalian species, including human. It is challenging to detect all Bartonella species using …

The genus Bartonella includes a group of species that are associated with a wide range of
mammalian species, including human. It is challenging to detect all Bartonella species using …

Bartonellae are fastidious, facultative, intracellular vector-borne bacteria distributed among
mammalian reservoirs worldwide. The pathogenic potential of many Bartonella spp. has …

Molecular methods can enable rapid identification of Bartonella spp. infections, which are
difficult to diagnose by using culture or serology. We analyzed clinical test results of PCR …