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Bartonella quintana and Urban Trench Fever [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2000 Contemporary Bartonella quintana infections have emerged in diverse regions of the world, predominantly involving socially disadvantaged persons. Available data suggest that the human body louse Pediculus humanus is the vector for transmission of B. quintana. Descriptions of the clinical manifestations associated with contemporary B.
M E, Ohl, D H, Spach
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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 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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Prevalence of Bartonella spp. by culture, PCR and serology, in veterinary personnel from Spain
Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Background The genus Bartonella includes fastidious, facultative intracellular bacteria mainly transmitted by arthropods and distributed among mammalian reservoirs. Bartonella spp. implicated as etiological agents of zoonoses are increasing.
José A. Oteo +7 more
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Bartonella quintana in Body Lice and Head Lice from Homeless Persons, San Francisco, California, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 Bartonella quintana is a bacterium that causes trench fever in humans. Past reports have shown Bartonella spp. infections in homeless populations in San Francisco, California, USA.
Denise L. Bonilla +4 more
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Fatal myocarditis-associated
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009 Introduction Bartonella spp. infection is not rare and must be considered with great care in patients with suspected infective endocarditis, particularly if regular blood cultures remain sterile.
Montcriol Ambroise +6 more
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Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) as Natural Reservoir of Bartonella quintana
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 Bartonella quintana bacteremia was detected in 6 (13.3%) of 45 wild-caught Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata). Multilocus sequence typing of the isolates revealed that Japanese macaques were infected with a new and specific B.
Shingo Sato +8 more
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Bartonella quintanaCharacteristics and Clinical Management
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 Bartonella quintana, a pathogen that is restricted to human hosts and louse vectors, was first characterized as the agent of trench fever. The disease was described in 1915 on the basis of natural and experimental infections in soldiers. It is now recognized as a reemerging pathogen among homeless populations in cities in the United States and Europe ...
Cédric Foucault +2 more
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Case Report: Bartonella quintana-associated Neuroretinitis
Optometric Clinical Practice, 2022 Background: Neuroretinitis is a self-limiting condition which typically causes monocular vision loss with good potential for visual recovery. It may be idiopathic or associated with infectious or inflammatory conditions which can carry systemic implications.
Kelly Seidler, Kelly Malloy
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