@misc{10481/61803,
year = {2020},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61803},
abstract = {Bartonella spp. are increasingly implicated in association with a spectrum of zoonotic
infectious diseases. One hundred sanitary workers in La Rioja, Spain, completed a questionnaire
and provided blood specimens for Bartonella spp. serology and Bartonella Alpha-Proteobacteria
growth medium (BAPGM) enrichment blood culture/PCR. Six immunofluorescence assays (IFA)
were performed and aseptically obtained blood specimens were inoculated into liquid BAPGM
and subcultured onto blood agar plates. Bartonella DNA was amplified using conventional and
real-time PCR assays. The Bartonella spp., strain, or genotype was determined by DNA sequencing.
Bartonella seroreactivity was documented in 83.1% and bloodstream infection in 21.6% of participants.
Bartonella henselae, B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotypes I and III, and B. quintana were identified.
IFA seroreactivity and PCR positivity were not statistically associated with self-reported symptoms.
Our results suggest that exposure to and non-clinical infection with Bartonella spp. may occur more
often than previously suspected in the La Rioja region.},
organization = {This research was funded by Bayer Animal Health GmbH (Leverkusen, Germany), grant
number 2111116219.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Bartonella Alpha-Proteobacteria Growth Medium (BAPGM)},
keywords = {B. henselae},
keywords = {B. quintana},
keywords = {B. vinsonii subsp},
keywords = {Sanitary workers},
title = {Bartonella spp. Prevalence (Serology, Culture, and PCR) in Sanitary Workers in La Rioja Spain},
doi = {10.3390/pathogens9030189},
author = {Portillo, Aránzazu and Maggi, Ricardo and Oteo, José A. and Bradley, Julio and García Álvarez, Lara and San Martín, Montserrat and Roura, Xavier and Breitschwerdt, Edward},
}