Table 3.

Serological and PCR results for the boyfriend of patient 1 and the husband of patient 2

Subjecta	Sample date (mo/day/yr)	IFA reciprocal titer					ITS PCR resultb
		Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype			B. henselae	B. koehlerae	Blood	BAPGM Enrichment Blood Culture	Other sample
		I	II	III
B	6/2/2010	<16	<16	<16	<16	32	Neg	Bk
B	6/4/2010	<16	<16	<16	<16	<16	Neg	Neg
B	6/7/2010	<16	<16	<16	<16	<16	Neg	Bk
B	9/8/2010	<16	<16	<16	<16	<16	Bk	Neg	Neg (OS)
B	9/10/2010	<16	<16	<16	<16	<16	Neg	Neg	Neg (OS)
B	9/13/2010	<16	<16	<16	<16	<16	Neg	Neg	Neg (OS)
B	10/13/2010	64	<16	128	16	<16	Bspp	Neg
B	10/15/2010	<16	<16	<16	<16	<16	Neg	Neg
B	10/18/2010	>256	<16	64	64	<16	Neg	Neg
B	12/8/2010	<16	<16	<16	<16	<16	Neg	Neg
B	12/10/2010	<16	<16	<16	<16	<16	Neg	Neg
B	12/13/2010	<16	<16	<16	<16	<16	Neg	Neg
H	11/1/2010	64	64	64	<16	<16	Neg	Neg
H	11/3/2010	64	64	64	<16	<16	Neg	Neg
H	11/5/2010	64	16	64	32	<16	Neg	Neg

^aB, boyfriend of patient 1, H, husband of patient 2.

^bNeg, negative; OS, oral swab; Bk, Bartonella koehlerae; Bspp, Bartonella genus (PCR positive, unable to sequence amplicon).