Human Coinfection with <i>Bartonella henselae</i> and Two Hemotropic Mycoplasma Variants Resembling <i>Mycoplasma ovis</i>

Abstract

Two variants of an organism resembling the ovine hemoplasma, Mycoplasma ovis, were detected by PCR in blood samples from a veterinarian in Texas. Coinfection with similar variants has been described in sheep. This represents the first report of human infection with this organism. The veterinarian was coinfected with Bartonella henselae.