TABLE 3.

Four patients with significant change in titers and/or PCR positivity to Bartonella

Patient no.	Age (yr)	Diagnosis	Date of serum sample	Titer to:			Animal contact
				B. henselae	B. elizabethae	B. quintana
1	18	Wegener’s granuloma	03/10/95	128	128	256	Cat
			03/28/95	128	512	256
			05/17/95	<64	128	64
			01/09/97	<64	64	<64
			05/12/97	<64	<64	<64
			05/18/98	<64	<64	<64
2	17	Submandibular ulcer	05/05/97	128	<64	64	Cat
			06/16/97	128	128	128
3	73	Hepatic granuloma	06/18/97	<64	<64	<64	Mice, rats
			10/09/97	<64	128	<64
			05/10/98	<64	512	<64
4	59	Myocarditis	04/03/94	<64	2,048	128