First report of three novel species isolated in rodents and shrews from nine provinces of Thailand.

Background And Aim: spp. are Gram-negative zoonotic bacteria that are transmitted to humans by several types of animal hosts, including rodents. Several studies have been conducted on the prevalence of infections in rodents.

Isolation and phylogenetic analysis of Bartonella species from Rusa deer (Rusa timorensis) in Thailand.

The aim of the present study is to investigate the prevalence of Bartonella infection in deer in Thailand and to characterize the isolates by biochemical, morphological and genetic analysis. A total of 247 blood samples were collected from Rusa deer (Rusa timorensis) in a livestock breeding facility in Thailand. Bartonella bacteria were isolated in 3.

Investigation on predominant Leptospira serovars and its distribution in humans and livestock in Thailand, 2010-2015.

Background: Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic bacterial disease caused by infection with leptospires. Leptospirosis in humans and livestock is an endemic and epidemic disease in Thailand. Livestock may act as reservoirs for leptospires and source for human infection.

Prevalence of zoonotic Bartonella species among rodents and shrews in Thailand.

We investigated the prevalence of Bartonella species in 10 rodent and one shrew species in Thailand. From February 2008 to May 2010, a total of 375 small animals were captured in 9 provinces in Thailand. Bartonella strains were isolated from 57 rodents (54 from Rattus species and 3 from Bandicota indica) and one shrew (Suncus murinus) in 7 of the 9 provinces, and identified to the species level.

Evaluation of direct immunofluorescence test for diagnosis of upper respiratory tract infection by Chlamydia pneumoniae.

Background: Chlamydia pneumoniae causes a variety of respiratory infections and is involved in cardiovascular diseases. Diagnosis of C. pneumoniae infection currently relies on antibody detection by microimmunofluorescence (MIF), which has limited use, and is the retrospective diagnosis for acute infection.

A dominant clone of Leptospira interrogans associated with an outbreak of human leptospirosis in Thailand.

Background: A sustained outbreak of leptospirosis occurred in northeast Thailand between 1999 and 2003, the basis for which was unknown.

Methods And Findings: A prospective study was conducted between 2000 and 2005 to identify patients with leptospirosis presenting to Udon Thani Hospital in northeast Thailand, and to isolate the causative organisms from blood. A multilocus sequence typing scheme was developed to genotype these pathogenic Leptospira.

Leptospirosis in Takeo Province, Kingdom of Cambodia, 2003.

Background: In Cambodia, epidemiology and disease burden of leptospirosis were not addressed as they do not have an existing surveillance system and have limitations on their laboratory diagnosis.

Objective: Define the existence of leptospirosis and determine the antibodies to serovars of leptospires in Cambodia.

Material And Method: One hundred and twenty-one suspected cases of leptospirosis were enrolled in this cross-sectional study, between September 8 and November 30, 2003 from Takeo Provincial Hospital in Doun Keo District, Cambodia.

Mycobacterium avium and Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis) coinfection in an HIV-positive patient.

A 29 year old HIV positive Thai female with CD4 count of 10 cells/mm3 presented with chronic diffuse abdominal pain, fever, weight loss, anemia and leucopenia. Ultrasonography demonstrated diffuse upper abdominal lymphadenopathy with ascites. Microbiological and molecular work up of the specimen obtained by ultrasound-guided lymph node aspiration revealed co-infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei and Mycobacterium avium.

Rapid diagnostic tests for dengue and leptospirosis: antibody detection is insensitive at presentation.

Objective: To determine the performance of rapid diagnostic tests for dengue and leptospirosis that rely on detecting antibodies that may not be produced when patients present for medical treatment.

Methods: We prospectively enrolled 723 patients with undifferentiated febrile illness presenting to rural hospitals in northern and northeastern Thailand over a 1-year period. We evaluated rapid antibody detection diagnostic tests for dengue and leptospirosis on these patients.