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.

Keywords

• Bartonella henselae
• Bartonella infection
• cat-scratch disease
• genetic analysis
• bacteria
• zoonoses