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Experimental Infection of Ferrets with Bartonella henselae: In Search of a Novel Animal Model for Zoonotic Bartonellosis [PDF]

Pathogens
Bartonella henselae is an important zoonotic pathogen with a wide range of clinical manifestations in humans. Despite advances in understanding its pathogenesis, there is no broadly applicable laboratory animal model for bartonellosis.
Erin Lashnits, Cynthia Robveille, Pradeep Neupane, Toni Richardson, Keith Linder, Gabriel McKeon, Ricardo Maggi, Edward B. Breitschwerdt   +7 more
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A Case of Atypical Bartonellosis in a 4-Year-Old Immunocompetent Child

Microorganisms, 2021
In most cases, infection due to Bartonella henselae causes a mild disease presenting with a regional lymphadenopathy frequently associated with a low-grade fever, headache, poor appetite and exhaustion that spontaneously resolves itself in a few weeks ...
Chiara Sodini, Nicola Principi, Susanna Esposito   +2 more
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Human Bartonellosis: An Underappreciated Public Health Problem?

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019
Bartonella spp. bacteria can be found around the globe and are the causative agents of multiple human diseases. The most well-known infection is called cat-scratch disease, which causes mild lymphadenopathy and fever.
Mónica E Embers, Embers Mónica E
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Molecular screening of Bartonella in free-ranging capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) from Paraná State, Southern Brazil

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2022
Bartonella is an emerging group of facultative intracellular bacteria causing circulatory and systemic disorders. Hosts for Bartonella are mostly mammals, specifically rodents, having a growing number of Bartonella species related to their infection ...
Nelson Jessé Rodrigues dos Santos, Renan Bressianini do Amaral, Luiz Ricardo Gonçalves, Rogério Ribas Lange, Juan Carlos Moreno Duque, Flávia Carolina Meira Collere, Larissa Dantas Roeder Ferrari, Thállitha Samih Wischral Jayme Vieira, Marcos Rogério André, Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira   +9 more
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Bartonella henselae Antibodies in Serum and Oral Fluid Specimens from Cats

Pathogens, 2021
Cats are the primary reservoir host for Bartonella henselae(B. henselae), an etiological agent of human bartonellosis, including cat scratch disease. Although Bartonella DNA has been amplified from salivary swabs from cats, dogs and humans, we are not ...
Alejandra Álvarez-Fernández, Marta Baxarias, David Prandi, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Laia Solano-Gallego   +4 more
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Treatment of a cat with presumed Bartonella henselae‐associated immune‐mediated hemolytic anemia, fever, and lymphadenitis

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2022
A 2.5‐year‐old castrated male cat presented with fever and marked generalized lymphadenopathy of 4‐months duration, despite treatment with amoxicillin‐clavulanate/marbofloxacin.
Ran Nivy, Yael Lavi‐Ginzberg, Keyla Carstens Marques deSousa, Yael Golani, Sharon Kuzi, Yaarit Nachum‐Biala, Shimon Harrus   +6 more
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Granulomatous hepatitis due to Bartonella henselae infection in an immunocompetent patient

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
Background Bartonella henselae (B. henselae) is considered a rare cause of granulomatous hepatitis. Due to the fastidious growth characteristics of the bacteria, the limited sensitivity of histopathological stains, and the non-specific histological ...
VanderHeyden Thomas R, Yong Sherri L, Breitschwerdt Edward B, Maggi Ricardo G, Mihalik Amanda R, Parada Jorge P, Fimmel Claus J   +6 more
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HUMAN BARTONELLA INFECTION: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE [PDF]

Journal of IMAB, 2021
Cat scratch disease has been reported in the literature for more than half a century as a syndrome of regional lymphadenopathy and fever. However, only a quarter of a century has passed since Bartonella henselae was identified as an etiological agent. As
Bistra Blagova, Nikolay Yanev
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Using Proteomic Approaches to Unravel the Response of Ctenocephalides felis felis to Blood Feeding and Infection With Bartonella henselae

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Among the Ctenocephalides felis felis-borne pathogens, Bartonella henselae, the main aetiological agent of cat scratch disease (CSD), is of increasing comparative biomedical importance. Despite the importance of B.
Marcos Rogério André, Marcos Rogério André, Pradeep Neupane, Michael Lappin, Brian Herrin, Vicki Smith, Taufika Islam Williams, Taufika Islam Williams, Leonard Collins, Hongxia Bai, Hongxia Bai, Gabriel Lemes Jorge, Tiago Santana Balbuena, Julie Bradley, Ricardo G. Maggi, Edward B. Breitschwerdt   +15 more
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Clinical Profile and Visual Outcome of Ocular Bartonellosis in Malaysia

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2017
Background. Ocular bartonellosis can present in various ways, with variable visual outcome. There is limited data on ocular bartonellosis in Malaysia. Objective.
Chai Lee Tan, Lai Chan Fhun, Evelyn Li Min Tai, Nor Hasnida Abdul Gani, Julieana Muhammed, Tengku Norina Tuan Jaafar, Liza Sharmini Ahmad Tajudin, Wan-Hazabbah Wan Hitam   +7 more
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