Characterization of Clinical Isolates ofBartonella henselaeStrains, South Korea

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2405.171497
• Publication Date: 2018-03-22T12:19:31Z
• Authors: Hea Yoon Kwon; Young Kyoung Park; Sun Myoung Lee; Ji Hyeon Baek; Jae-Seung Kang; Moon-Hyun Chung; Eun Ji Kim; Jin-Soo Lee
• Keywords: Multilocus sequence typing; Bartonella; Cat-scratch disease

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