Perspectives of Infectious Disease Physicians on Bartonella quintana Cases, United States, 2014–2024 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesIn a US survey of infectious disease specialists, 61 respondents reported seeing >1 Bartonella quintana infection during 2014–2024. Diagnostic challenges included limited healthcare provider awareness, inadequate testing, and inconsistent healthcare ...
Souci Louis +8 more
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Pathological investigation and microbiological confirmation of Bartonella quintana endocarditis: A case of trench fever without the trench or fever [PDF]
IDCasesBartonella quintana is a louse-borne Gram-negative bacterium first discovered as the cause of trench fever during World War I. As B. quintana is not identified using routine culture with 5-day incubation, the pathogen is an agent of blood culture ...
Nardeen Grace +11 more
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Bartonella quintana endocarditis in a child from Northern Manitoba, Canada. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 We describe a case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in an 11-year-old child from Northern Manitoba, Canada. This case demonstrates the neglected endemicity of B.
Carl Boodman +4 more
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Homelessness and Organ Donor–Derived Bartonella quintana Infection [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesLouseborne Bartonella quintana infections in the United States occur almost exclusively among persons experiencing homelessness because of inadequate access to hygiene resources.
Rachel Henderson +4 more
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Detection of Bartonella spp. in fleas by MALDI-TOF MS. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has recently emerged in the field of entomology as a promising method for the identification of arthropods and the detection of associated pathogens.An ...
Basma El Hamzaoui +5 more
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Bartonella Endocarditis in Spain: Case Reports of 21 Cases
Pathogens, 2022 Blood culture negative endocarditis (BCNE) is frequent in infective endocarditis (IE). One of the causes of BCNE is fastidious microorganisms, such as Bartonella spp.
Lara García-Álvarez +17 more
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Bartonella spp. Infections Identified by Molecular Methods, United States
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Molecular methods can enable rapid identification of Bartonella spp. infections, which are difficult to diagnose by using culture or serology. We analyzed clinical test results of PCR that targeted bacterial 16S rRNA hypervariable V1–V2 regions only or ...
David W. McCormick +8 more
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Endocarditis caused by Bartonella Quintana, a rare case in the United States
IDCases, 2019 Bartonella quintana is a relatively rare cause of endocarditis in the United States (USA). Historically it was linked with trench fever, but cardiac involvement seems to be more prevalent recently.
Mahsa Mohammadian, Saira Butt
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Bartonella henselae Detected in Malignant Melanoma, a Preliminary Study
Pathogens, 2021 Bartonella bacilliformis (B. bacilliformis), Bartonella henselae (B. henselae), and Bartonella quintana (B. quintana) are bacteria known to cause verruga peruana or bacillary angiomatosis, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-dependent cutaneous ...
Marna E. Ericson +15 more
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Bartonella quintana, an Unrecognized Cause of Infective Endocarditis in Children in Ethiopia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Bartonella quintana endocarditis, a common cause of culture-negative endocarditis in adults, has rarely been reported in children. We describe 5 patients 7–16 years of age from Ethiopia with heart defects and endocarditis; 4 cases were caused by ...
Diana Tasher +4 more
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