Abstract. Bartonella henselae, the causative agent of cat scratch disease, establishes long-term bacteremia in cats, in which it attaches to and invades feline ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListInfectImmunv.66(7);1998JulPMC108372InfectImmun.1998Jul;66(7):3462–3466.PMCID:PMC108372PMID:9632625NoteBartonellahenselaeInvasionofFelineErythrocytesInVitroJaneR.Mehock,1CraigE.Greene,2FrankC.Gherardini,1Tae-WookHahn,1andDuncanC.Krause1,*JaneR.MehockDepartmentsofMicrobiology1andSmallAnimalMedicine,2UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia30602FindarticlesbyJaneR.MehockCraigE.GreeneDepartmentsofMicrobiology1andSmallAnimalMedicine,2UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia30602FindarticlesbyCraigE.GreeneFrankC.GherardiniDepartmentsofMicrobiology1andSmallAnimalMedicine,2UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia30602FindarticlesbyFrankC.GherardiniTae-WookHahnDepartmentsofMicrobiology1andSmallAnimalMedicine,2UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia30602FindarticlesbyTae-WookHahnDuncanC.KrauseDepartmentsofMicrobiology1andSmallAnimalMedicine,2UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia30602FindarticlesbyDuncanC.KrauseAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerDepartmentsofMicrobiology1andSmallAnimalMedicine,2UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia30602*Correspondingauthor.Mailingaddress:DepartmentofMicrobiology,523BiologicalSciencesBuilding,UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,GA30602.Phone:(706)542-2671.Fax:(706)542-2674.E-mail:[email protected]:R.N.MooreReceived1997Dec22;Revisionsrequested1998Feb3;Accepted1998Mar31.Copyright©1998,AmericanSocietyforMicrobiologyThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Bartonellahenselae,thecausativeagentofcatscratchdisease,establisheslong-termbacteremiaincats,inwhichitattachestoandinvadesfelineerythrocytes(RBC).FelineRBCinvasionwasassessedinvitro,basedongentamicinselectionforintracellularbacteriaorbylaserconfocalmicroscopyanddigitalsectioning.Invasionratesrangedfrom2to20%oftheinoculum,