Bartonella quintana in Cimex hemipterus, Rwanda [PDF]
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013 The common bed bug species Cimex lectularius, which has a worldwide distribution, and C. hemipterus, which has tropical climate distribution, are hematophagous arthropods.1 The bugs are attracted to the human host by warmth and carbon dioxide, and bed bug infestations are rapidly increasing worldwide.
Emmanouil, Angelakis +2 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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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 infections in fleas (Siphonaptera : Pulicidae) and lack of Bartonellae in ticks (Acari : Ixodidae) from Hungary [PDF]
, 2006 Fleas (95 Pulex irritans, 50 Ctenocephalides felis, 45 Ctenocephalides canis) and ixodid ticks (223 Ixodes ricinus, 231 Dermacentor reticulatus, 204 Haemaphysalis concinna) were collected in Hungary and tested, in assays based on PCR, for Bartonella ...
Márialigeti, Károly +4 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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Bacillary Angiomatosis by Bartonella Quintana in an HIV-Infected Patient [PDF]
, 2000 Bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis are opportunistic infections caused by Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana, which occur in patients with late-stage infection.
Afonso, A +8 more
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Service evaluation to establish the sensitivity, specificity and additional value of broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis from resected endocardial material in patients from eight UK and Ireland hospitals [PDF]
, 2014 Infective endocarditis (IE) can be diagnosed in the clinical microbiology laboratory by culturing explanted heart valve material. We present a service evaluation that examines the sensitivity and specificity of a broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain ...
Alshafi, K +8 more
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Bacillary angiomatosis in HIV-infected patients - An epidemiological and clinical study [PDF]
, 2000 Background: No data were available on the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of bacillary angiomatosis (BA) in Germany. Objective:To determine epidemiological and clinical data on HIV-associated BA.
Albrecht, H. +9 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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Bartonella clarridgeiae infection in a patient with aortic root abscess and endocarditis [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction. Bartonella species are increasingly recognized as agents of culture-negative endocarditis. However, to date, almost all human cases have been associated with two members of the genus, Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana. B. henselae
Birtles, RJ +4 more
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