Bartonella quintana

61.Roux V, Raoult D. Inter- and intraspecies identification ofBartonella (Rochalimaea) species. J Clin Microbiol. 1995 Jun;33(6):1573-9.62.Roux V, Raoult D. The 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacerregion of Bartonella (Rochalimaea) species is longer thanusually described in other bacteria. Gene. 1995 Apr 14;156(1):107-11.63.Drancourt M, Mainardi JL, Brouqui P, Vandenesch F, Carta A,Lehnert F, Etienne J, Goldstein F, Acar J, Raoult D.Bartonella (Rochalimaea) quintana endocarditis in threehomeless men. N Engl J Med. 1995 Feb 16;332(7):419-23.64.Drancourt M, Raoult D. [ Cat-scratch disease and diseasecaused by Bartonella (Rochalimaea) ] Presse Med. 1995 Jan21;24(3):183-8.19. Practical information19.1. ConsultationsProfessor Didier RAOULD (or one of his collegues) providesa consultation every week (every Wednesday AM) in TimoneH o s p i t a l , M a r s e i l l e s , F r a n c e . ( c o n t a c t :didier.raoult@medecine.univ-mrs.fr ; tel : 04 91 38 55 17)19.2. How to sent samples for diagnosis?Trench fever / bacteremiaFièvre des tranchées / Bactériémies et SDFEndocarditis• Serum• Heparinized blood• Blood cultures• Cardiac valve if surgery (one sample maintain at -80°C andthen sent in dry ice, and one sample in 10% formalinmaintained at room temperature)• Serum (two samples)