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JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS
Volume 69, Issue 2, Pages 273-281Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.01.010
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Bartonella; culture; detection; dog; isolation
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Historically, direct plating, lysis centrifugation, or freeze-thaw approaches have proven to be highly insensitive methods for confirming Bartonella species infection in dogs. A prospective study was designed to compare diagnostic methods for the detection of Bartonella using samples submitted to the Vector-Borne Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at North Carolina State University. Methods included indirect immunofluorescence assay, PCR, direct inoculation of a blood agar plate (trypticase soy agar with 5% rabbit blood), and inoculation into a novel preenrichment liquid medium, Bartonello/alpha-Proteobacteria growth medium (BAPGM). Sequential research efforts resulted in the development of a combinational approach consisting of pre-enrichment culture of Bartonella species in BAPGM, sub-inoculation of the liquid culture onto agar plates, followed by DNA amplification using PCR. The multi-faceted approach resulted in substantial improvement in the microbiological detection and isolation of Bartonella when compared to direct inoculation of a blood agar plate, Importantly, this approach facilitated the detection and subsequent isolation of both single and co-infections with two Bartonella species in the blood of naturally infected dogs. The use of a combinational approach of pre-enrichment Culture and PCR may assist in the diagnostic confirmation of bartonellosis in dogs and other animals. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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