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Delayed Emergency Department Diagnosis of Rat‐Bite Fever

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Rat bite fever, caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus, is a zoonotic infection with increasing prevalence as more people keep rats as pets. It is a challenging diagnosis due to a broad range of symptomatology, and its causative organisms are difficult to culture.
Christopher A. Anderson, Matthew P. Lazio, Priya Gusain   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae in cats and dogs in Korea

Journal of Veterinary Science, 2009
Blood, saliva, and nail samples were collected from 54 dogs and 151 cats and analyzed for the presence of Bartonella henselae with a novel nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. Bartonella (B.) henselae was detected in feral cat blood (41.8%), saliva (44.1%), and nail (42.7%) samples. B.
Kim, You-seok, Seo, Kyoung-won, Lee, Jong-hwa, Choi, Eun-wha, Lee, Hee-woo, Hwang, Cheol-yong, Shin, Nam-shik, Youn, Hee-jeong, Youn, Hwa young   +8 more
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Tropheryma whipplei: A Cause of Rapidly Fatal Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Despite a Classically Indolent Disease Course

Case Reports in Cardiology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Tropheryma whipplei (T. whipplei) is a rare cause of culture‐negative infective endocarditis and may present without classic gastrointestinal manifestations, leading to delayed diagnosis and severe valvular destruction. Case Summary A 76‐year‐old man with a prior bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement presented with at least 2 weeks of ...
Abdallatif Dawoud, Mohammad Safi, Maddy Taylor, Raghad Elhag, Oun Al-Dalahmeh, Omar Horani, Li Wang, Samer J. Khouri, Satabdi Datta Choudhury   +8 more
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with granulomatosis revealing a cat scratch disease in an immunocompetent adult: a case report and mini review

Heliyon
We report a case of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis [HLH] triggered by Bartonella henselae, a gram-negative bacterium classically associated with cat-scratch disease.
Sipan Marceau, Quiterie Boscals de Reals, Marianne Ziol, Maud Salmona, Clélia Previtali, Olivier Bouchaud, Nicolas Vignier, Vladimir Adrien   +7 more
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Identification of Novel Zoonotic Activity of Bartonella spp., France

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Certain Bartonella species are known to cause afebrile bacteremia in humans and other mammals, including B. quintana, the agent of trench fever, and B. henselae, the agent of cat scratch disease.
Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Sara Moutailler, Françoise Féménia, Philippe Raymond, Olivier Croce, Bernard La Scola, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Didier Raoult   +7 more
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Bartonella Henselae Infects Human Erythrocytes.

, 2015
Bartonella henselae, a facultative intracellular bacterium, has been known as the agent of cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatis, endocarditis, and bacteremic syndrome in humans.
Ferreira, Marilucia Ruggiero Martins, de Paula, Erich Vinicius, Barjas-Castro, Maria Lourdes, Magalhães, Renata Ferreira, Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira, Pitassi, Luiza Helena Urso   +5 more
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A Rare Case of Bartonella henselae Infective Endocarditis Causing an Embolic Cerebrovascular Accident

, 2023
Bartonella is a facultative intracellular Gram-negative aerobic rod that is an important cause of culture-negative endocarditis that only accounts for 3% of all infective endocarditis (IE) cases.
Bassi, Raghav, Rabab Elsadek, Kipson Charles, Elsadek, Rabab, Cockey, George, George Cockey, Raghav Bassi, Charles, Kipson Richard, Andrew Abraham, Abraham, Andrew   +9 more
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Bartonella henselae infection [PDF]

, 2007
Bartonella henselae infection is a zoonosis found worldwide. Clinical manifestations of B. henselae infection occur on a wide spectrum from typical or classical cat scratch disease (CSD), with regional lymphadenopathy, to atypical or systemic ...
塚原, 正人
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Navigating diagnostic challenges in Bartonella-induced infective endocarditis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Blood culture-negative infective endocarditis presents a significant clinical and diagnostic challenge owing to its atypical presentation and difficulty in identifying causative pathogens.
Meriem Ghozzia, Fares Azaiez, Marwa Trabelsi, Mariem Drissa, Rim Ben Romdhane, Kaouther Bachraoui, Rami Tlili, Youssef Ben Ameur   +7 more
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Never say never

Journal of Hospital Medicine, Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 200-204, February 2026.
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Jagmeet Dhingra, Tom Fraser, Leal Herlitz, James Pile   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source