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Mutation-Driven Divergence and Convergence Indicate Adaptive Evolution of the Intracellular Human-Restricted Pathogen, Bartonella bacilliformis. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Among all species of Bartonella, human-restricted Bartonella bacilliformis is the most virulent but harbors one of the most reduced genomes. Carrión's disease, the infection caused by B.
Sandip Paul, Michael F Minnick, Sujay Chattopadhyay   +2 more
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Antimicrobial resistance of Bartonella bacilliformis strains from regions endemic to bartonellosis in Peru

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015
Objectives. To evaluate in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility to chloramphenicol (CHL) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) in strains of Bartonella bacilliformis from areas that are endemic to Bartonellosis in Peru, through three laboratory methods.
Giovanna Mendoza-Mujica, Diana Flores-León   +1 more
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Phlebotomine sand fly fauna characterization and Bartonella bacilliformis DNA detection in Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) robusta at the Ecuador-Peru frontier. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Phlebotomine sand flies are blood-sucking dipterans widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas and are important vectors of leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania spp.
Victor O Zorrilla, Andrés Carrazco-Montalvo, Liz J Espada, Leonardo Fárez-Noblecilla, Marisa E Lozano, Michael Kosoy, Clifton McKee, Craig A Stoops, Ryan T Larson, Renato León, Gissella M Vásquez   +10 more
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Co-infection with Bartonella bacilliformis and Mycobacterium spp. in a coastal region of Peru [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Objective This study investigated an outbreak of Bartonellosis in a coastal region in Peru. Results A total of 70 (n = 70) samples with clinical criteria for the acute phase of Bartonellosis and a positive peripheral blood smear were included. 22.85% (n =
Wilmer Silva-Caso, Fernando Mazulis, Claudia Weilg, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Isabel Sandoval, German Correa-Nuñez, Dongmei Li, Xiuping Song, Qiyong Liu, Juana del Valle-Mendoza   +9 more
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Molecular detection and clinical characteristics of Bartonella bacilliformis, Leptospira spp., and Rickettsia spp. in the Southeastern Peruvian Amazon basin [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Acute febrile illness (AFI) represent a significant health challenge in the Peruvian Amazon basin population due to their diverse etiologies and the unavailability of specific on-site diagnostic methods, resulting in underreporting of cases ...
Fiorella Ricapa-Antay, Katia Diaz-Melon, Wilmer Silva-Caso, Luis J. del Valle, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Fernando Vasquez-Achaya, Carlos Palomares-Reyes, Pablo Weilg, Dongmei Li, Carlos Manrique, Juana del Valle-Mendoza   +10 more
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Infective endocarditis due to Bartonella bacilliformis associated with systemic vasculitis: a case report [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2017
Infective endocarditis due to Bartonella bacilliformis is rare. A 64-year-old woman, without previous heart disease, presented with 6 weeks of fever, myalgias, and arthralgias.
Joshua Peñafiel-Sam, Samuel Alarcón-Guevara, Sergio Chang-Cabanillas, Wilkerson Perez-Medina, Fernando Mendo-Urbina, Eloy Ordaya-Espinoza   +5 more
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Seroprevalence and risk factors for infection with Bartonella bacilliformis in Loja province, Ecuador [PDF]

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2018
The seroprevalence and epidemiology of Bartonella bacilliformis infection in the Andean highlands of Ecuador is largely unknown. We conducted a sero-epidemiologic survey of 319 healthy children aged 1–15 years living in six rural, mountain communities in
Shari L. Lydy, Mauricio S. Lascano, Josselyn E. Garcia-Perez, Amanda J. Williams-Newkirk, Mario J. Grijalva   +4 more
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Baculovirus-Assisted Production of Bartonella bacilliformis Proteins: A Potential Strategy for Improving Serological Diagnosis of Carrion’s Disease [PDF]

Pathogens
Carrion’s disease, caused by Bartonella bacilliformis, is a neglected tropical disease prevalent in the Andean region of South America. Without antimicrobial treatment, this disease has a mortality rate of up to 88% in infected patients.
Lizbeth Sally Vilca-Machaca, Karen Daphne Calvay-Sanchez, Yanina Zarate-Sulca, Victor Jimenez-Vasquez, Pablo Ramirez, Giovanna Mendoza-Mujica   +5 more
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Porin A and α/β-hydrolase are necessary and sufficient for hemolysis induced by Bartonella bacilliformis [PDF]

Nature Communications
Carrion’s disease is endemic to the South American Andes and is characterized by fatal hemolytic anemia. This neglected tropical disease is caused by Bartonella bacilliformis, a fastidious and slow-growing pathogen difficult in genetic manipulation.
Alexander A. Dichter, Florian Winklmeier, Diana Munteh, Wibke Ballhorn, Sabrina A. Becker, Beate Averhoff, Halvard Bonig, Adrian Goldman, Meritxell García-Quintanilla, Luis Solis Cayo, Pablo Tsukayama, Volkhard A. J. Kempf   +11 more
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Combination antibiotic therapy is required to eliminate Bartonella henselae in multiple microenvironments [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology
Bartonella are gram-negative, facultative intracellular bacteria. Infection by Bartonella manifests as different clinical syndromes collectively known as bartonellosis.
Emily L. Olsen, Monica E. Embers
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