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TABLE 1.

Bartonella IFA serology, PCR, BAPGM culture, and Mycoplasma PCR results for a 49-year-old male veterinarian with progressive neurological dysfunction

Date of sampling	Bartonella IFA reciprocal titer			Bartonella PCR result		Hemoplasma PCR result(s) (Genbank accession no.)	Treatment date(s) and antimicrobial(s) used^a
Date of sampling	B. henselae	B. quintana	B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii	Blood extraction	BAPGM Enrichment Culture	Hemoplasma PCR result(s) (Genbank accession no.)	Treatment date(s) and antimicrobial(s) used^a
15 June 2005	<16	<16	<16	-	-	-	July 2005; doxycycline, (100 mg q24h p.o. for 35 days)
16 August 2005	<16	<16	<16	-	Bartonella spp.	M. ovis-like 16S rRNA (GU383115)
1 November 2005	<16	<16	<16	-	-	-	July 2006; azithromycin (250 mg q24h for 49 days)
1 November 2005	<16	<16	<16	-	-	-	October 2006; levofloxacin (500 mg q24h p.o. for 84 days)
21 March 2007	NA^b	NA	NA	-	B. henselae (SA2)^c	M. ovis-like 16S rRNA (GU230141-GU230144, GU383116); M. ovis-like RNase P (HM059715, HM159553)	August 2007 to August 2008; doxycycline (100 mg q24h p.o.) and rifampin (300 mg q12h p.o.)
15 November 2007	<16	NT^d	<16	-	-	-
15 September 2008	<16	NT	<16	-	-	-
17 November 2008	<16	NT	<16	-	-	-
11 February 2009	<16	NT	<16	B. henselae (SA2)^c	B. henselae	-	May 2009 to March 2010; doxycycline (100 mg q24h p.o.) and rifampin (300 mg q12h p.o.)
21 September 2009	<16	NT	<16	-	-	NT
2 March 2010	<16	NT	<16	B. henselae (Houston 1)	-	NT	March 2010 to the present; azithromycin (500 mg q24h p.o.) and rifampin (300 mg q12h p.o.)

q24h, every 24 h; p.o., per os.

NA, serum not available for testing.

Denotes 16S-to-23S ITS DNA sequence result, identical to San Antonio 2-like strain.

NT, not tested.