Publications
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| immune thrombocytopenic purpura as a complication of bartonella henselae infection. | immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an infrequent yet well-recognized complication of viral infections, such as mumps, rubella, varicella, cytomegalovirus, parvovirus and infectious monunucleosis by epstein-barr virus. some recent studies have described a possible association between henoch-schonlein purpura, a non-thrombocytopenic purpura, and seropositivity for bartonella henselae, but in the literature only sporadic case reports have described a severe immune thrombocytopenic purpura as a comp ... | 2008 | 18622151 |
| the head of bartonella adhesin a is crucial for host cell interaction of bartonella henselae. | human pathogenic bartonella henselae cause cat scratch disease and vasculoproliferative disorders (e.g. bacillary angiomatosis). expression of bartonella adhesin a (bada) is crucial for bacterial autoagglutination, adhesion to host cells, binding to extracellular matrix proteins and proangiogenic reprogramming via activation of hypoxia inducible factor (hif)-1. like the prototypic yersinia adhesin a, bada belongs to the class of trimeric autotransporter adhesins and is constructed modularly cons ... | 2008 | 18627378 |
| low sensitivity of bartonella henselae pcr in serum samples of patients with cat-scratch disease lymphadenitis. | 2008 | 18628513 | |
| bartonella sp. bacteremia in patients with neurological and neurocognitive dysfunction. | we detected infection with a bartonella species (b. henselae or b. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii) in blood samples from six immunocompetent patients who presented with a chronic neurological or neurocognitive syndrome including seizures, ataxia, memory loss, and/or tremors. each of these patients had substantial animal contact or recent arthropod exposure as a potential risk factor for bartonella infection. additional studies should be performed to clarify the potential role of bartonella spp. as a ... | 2008 | 18632903 |
| coinfection with four genera of bacteria (borrelia, bartonella, anaplasma, and ehrlichia) in haemaphysalis longicornis and ixodes sinensis ticks from china. | we studied coinfection with four genera of bacteria--borrelia, bartonella, anaplasma, and ehrlichia--in ticks collected between december 2005 and november 2006 from zhejiang province and liaoning province. four hundred fifty haemaphysalis longicornis and 86 ixodes sinensis ticks were collected and divided into 236 groups. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) or nested pcr was used to detect the bacteria. the amplicons were sequenced and compared to published sequences. phylogenic analysis was perform ... | 2008 | 18637722 |
| serum cardiac troponin i concentration in dogs with ehrlichiosis. | ehrlichiosis is a multisystemic disease with the potential to cause cardiomyocyte injury in naturally infected dogs. | 2008 | 18638021 |
| cat scratch disease complicated with aseptic meningitis and neuroretinitis. | cat scratch disease (csd) is a self limited condition characterized by fever, lymph node enlargement and less often eye involvement. central nervous system involvement by bartonella henselae infection is possibly an important cause of morbidity; its role as an agent of aseptic meningitis is unknown. we report a case of a 40 years-old man with csd accompanied by aseptic meningitis and neuroretinitis. serum indirect immmunofluorescence (ifi) assays for b. henselae were positive and the cerebrospin ... | 2008 | 18641856 |
| ocular bartonella infections. | 2008 | 18645403 | |
| possible donor-recipient bartonellosis transmission in a pediatric liver transplant. | bartonella henselae is the causative agent of cat-scratch disease and other disorders, including hepatosplenic granulomatosis. this infection has only rarely been reported after solid organ transplantation, where it can mimic the more common post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease. here we present a case of asymptomatic b. henselae hepatic and lymph nodal granulomatosis in a pediatric patient who had received orthotopic liver transplant 2 months before; we hypothesize that the causative agen ... | 2008 | 18651873 |
| serological evidence for the association of bartonella henselae infection with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. | arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (arvc) is an important cause of sudden death in young adults. on the basis of histopathological findings its pathogenesis may involve both a genetic origin and an inflammatory process. bartonella henselae may cause endomyocarditis and was detected in myocardium from a young male who succumbed to sudden cardiac death. | 2008 | 18666174 |
| heterogeneity of susceptibility to fluoroquinolones in bartonella isolates from australia reveals a natural mutation in gyra. | bartonella sp. are intracellular bacteria associated with an increasing number of clinical manifestations but with few published data on in vitro susceptibility testing of antibiotics. our objective was to evaluate in vitro antibiotic susceptibilities of 20 new bartonella isolates from animals in australia. | 2008 | 18334491 |
| detection of bartonella henselae in the blood of 2 adult horses. | bartonella spp. are emerging zoonotic agents that have been found in a wide variety of domestic animals and wildlife and cause a number of clinical syndromes. bartonella sp. infection has been identified in a growing number of animal species, including cats, rodents, porpoises, and canids, but has not been reported in horses. | 2008 | 18346149 |
| abscess-forming lymphadenopathy and osteomyelitis in children with bartonella henselae infection. | bartonella henselae is the agent of cat-scratch disease (csd), a chronic lymphadenopathy among children and adolescents. a systemic infection is very rare and most of these cases are found in patients with immunodeficiency. here, cases involving four children of 6-12 years of age are reported. three of the children had an abscess-forming lymphadenopathy and surrounding myositis in the clavicular region of the upper arm. the diagnosis was made serologically and, in one case, using eubacterial uni ... | 2008 | 18349375 |
| molecular characterization of bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype iii. | the molecular characterization of a bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype iii strain (ncsu strain 06-co1) isolated from the blood of a military working dog diagnosed with endocarditis is reported in this study. several genes were amplified and sequenced for comparative sequence similarity with other strains. | 2008 | 18367567 |
| [a high prevalence of antibodies against bartonella and babesia microti has been found in villages and urban populations in cordoba, colombia]. | establishing seroprevalence against bartonella and babesia microti in arural population exposed and/or non-exposed to domestic animals in cordoba,colombia. | 2008 | 18368229 |
| giant pyogenic granuloma of the thigh: a case report. | pyogenic granuloma or lobular capillary hemangioma remains an etiopathological enigma, with trauma, inflammatory and infectious agents being the commonest suspected causative agents. these lesions affect mucous membranes of the upper aero-digestive tract, and skin. hiv patients diagnosed with pyogenic granuloma present with multiple lesions, caused by bartonella spp. | 2008 | 18377654 |
| atypical bartonella hensalae chorioretinitis in an immunocompromised patient. | to report an atypical case of chorioretinopathy in a patient with bilateral renal transplantations. | 2008 | 18379943 |
| vector transmission of bartonella species with emphasis on the potential for tick transmission. | bartonella species are gram-negative bacteria that infect erythrocytes, endothelial cells and macrophages, often leading to persistent blood-borne infections. because of the ability of various bartonella species to reside within erythrocytes of a diverse number of animal hosts, there is substantial opportunity for the potential uptake of these blood-borne bacteria by a variety of arthropod vectors that feed on animals and people. five bartonella species are transmitted by lice, fleas or sandflie ... | 2008 | 18380649 |
| domain annotation of trimeric autotransporter adhesins--dataa. | trimeric autotransporter adhesins (taas), such as yersinia yada, neisseria nada, moraxella uspas, haemophilus hia and bartonella bada, are important pathogenicity factors of proteobacteria. their high sequence diversity and distinct mosaic-like structure lead to difficulties in the annotation of their sequences. these stem from the large number of short repeats, the presence of compositionally unusual coiled-coils, fuzzy domain boundaries and regions of seemingly low sequence complexity. | 2008 | 18397894 |
| bartonella spp. infection in rodents from different habitats in the mazury lake district, northeast poland. | four rodent species (clethrionomys glareolus, apodemus flavicollis, microtus arvalis, m. oeconomus) were captured in the period 2004-2006 in the mazury lake district, northeast poland, to determine the prevalence and genetic diversity of bartonella species. the presence of bartonellae was assessed using polymerase chain reaction (pcr) with primers cs140f and bhcs1137n, amplifying a fragment of the glta gene. bartonella dna was detected in 313 (30.6%) of 1024 rodents sampled: in 181 c. glareolus, ... | 2008 | 18399782 |
| bartonella species antibodies and dna in cerebral spinal fluid of cats with central nervous system disease. | bartonella species infection is associated with central nervous system (cns) disease in some humans and cats but the diagnosis is difficult to confirm with blood or serum test results. in this retrospective study of 100 client-owned cats, serum and cerebral spinal fluid (csf) were assayed for bartonella species igg antibodies and csf was assayed for bartonella species dna. bartonella species igg antibodies were detected in serum of 36 cats, bartonella species c-values>1 (suggesting antibody prod ... | 2008 | 18400536 |
| [ocular bartonellosis: report of three clinical cases]. | the characteristic clinical presentation of cat scratch disease is subacute regional lymphadenopathy; nevertheless, 5-25% of bartonella henselae infections may present an atypical or systemic form, with potential eye involvement. we describe three clinical cases of ocular bartonellosis in two adolescents and one young adult, who had close contact with cats; all of them presented persistent fever ranging from 15 to 21 days, and two of them developed a sudden unilateral loss of visual acuity assoc ... | 2008 | 18273527 |
| detection of two bartonella tamiae-like sequences in amblyomma americanum (acari: ixodidae) using 16s-23s intergenic spacer region-specific primers. | four hundred and sixty-six questing amblyomma americanum (l.) (acari: ixodidae) from carolina county, va, and 98 questing a. americanum from chatham county, nc, were screened by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for the bartonella 16s-23s intergenic spacer region. two amplicons, approximately 270-280 bp, were detected in two ticks from virginia. based upon pcr and sequencing, an adult male and adult female tick harbored dna sequences closely related to bartonella tamiae (dq395180). bartonella dna ... | 2008 | 18283962 |
| infectious diseases of dogs and cats on isabela island, galapagos. | vaccination and importation of dogs and cats are prohibited in the galapagos, resulting in a uniquely isolated population. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of infectious diseases of dogs and cats that impact their health, could spill over to native wildlife, or sentinel diseases of concern to humans. | 2008 | 18289290 |
| bartonella dna in the blood and lymph nodes of golden retrievers with lymphoma and in healthy controls. | although lymphoma is the most common neoplastic process reported in dogs, its precise etiology is unknown. golden retrievers are more likely to develop lymphoma, suggesting a breed predisposition; however, other factors, including environment, immunity, and infection, are likely contributors to oncogenesis. | 2008 | 18289294 |
| lymphadenopathy in a novel mouse model of bartonella-induced cat scratch disease results from lymphocyte immigration and proliferation and is regulated by interferon-alpha/beta. | in immunocompetent humans, cat scratch disease (csd) is elicited by the gram-negative bacterium bartonella henselae and is characterized by a benign regional lymphadenopathy, the pathogenesis of which is poorly understood. here, we describe a novel mouse model of bartonella-induced csd-like disease that allowed us to investigate the mechanisms leading to lymphadenopathy in vivo. in wild-type mice, a subcutaneous inoculation of either viable or inactivated b. henselae led to a strong swelling of ... | 2008 | 18292236 |
| serological evidence of bartonella henselae infection in healthy people in catalonia, spain. | cat scratch disease (csd), bacillary angiomatosis, hepatic peliosis and some cases of bacteraemia, endocarditis, and osteomyelitis are directly caused by some species of the genus bartonella. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of igg antibodies against bartonella henselae in healthy people and to identify the epidemiological factors involved. serum samples from 218 patients were examined by indirect immunofluorescence assay (ifa). significance levels for univariate statist ... | 2008 | 18294428 |
| feline bartonellosis and cat scratch disease. | bartonella species are important emerging zoonotic pathogens. transmission of these organisms in nature may be much more complex than is currently appreciated. cats can be infected with five bartonella species, including, bartonella henselae, bartonella clarridgeae, bartonella bovis, bartonella koehlerae and bartonella quintana. in addition to cats, numerous domestic and wild animals, including bovine, canine, human, and rodent species can serve as chronically infected reservoir hosts for variou ... | 2008 | 18295347 |
| temporal and spatial patterns of bartonella infection in black-tailed prairie dogs (cynomys ludovicianus). | we describe the temporal dynamics and spatial distribution of bartonella in black-tailed prairie dogs (cynomys ludovicianus) based on a longitudinal study conducted in 20 black-tailed prairie dog (btpd) colonies in boulder county, co from 2003 to 2005. bartonella infection was widely distributed in all colonies with an overall prevalence of 23.1%, but varied by colony from 4.8% to 42.5% and by year from 9.1 to 39.0%, with a marked increase in bartonella activity in 2005. levels of bacteremia var ... | 2008 | 18176820 |
| [stellar neuroretinitis and bartonella henselae infection. a case report without exposure to cats]. | 2008 | 18187281 | |
| prolonged bartonella henselae bacteremia caused by reinfection in cats. | we analyzed the genetic relatedness of blood culture isolates of bartonella henselae from 2 cats of patients with cat-scratch disease at admission and after 12 months. isolates from each cat at different times were clonally unrelated, which suggested reinfection by a second strain. | 2008 | 18258096 |
| hepatic granulomas: histological and molecular pathological approach to differential diagnosis--a study of 442 cases. | the incidence of hepatic granulomas is reported in 2-15% of liver biopsies. this study was carried out to evaluate the incidence and aetiology of hepatic granulomas in a german institute of pathology with specialization in liver diseases. | 2008 | 18312287 |
| a longitudinal study of bartonella infection in populations of woodrats and their fleas. | rodent-borne bartonellae have been identified as human pathogens. little is known about bartonella infections in woodrat hosts and their fleas and how woodrat-flea associations may affect the dynamics of bartonella infections. we collected blood samples and fleas from two species of woodrats (neotoma micropus and n. albigula) from santa fe county, nm, from 2002-2005. the most predominant flea species were orchopeas sexdentatus and o. neotomae. bartonella prevalence in woodrats was 64% overall, w ... | 2008 | 19263856 |
| [prevalence igg antibodies against bartonella henselae in children with lymphadenopathy]. | bartonella henselae is a cat scratch disease's etiological agent which is usually manifestated as regional lymphadenopathy. in differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy infections about etiology b. henselae are rarely taken into consideration. enlargement of lymph nodes observed in children more often than in adults are caused by bacterial, virus or parasitic factors. in this study immunoglobulines g class antibodies to b. henselae were determined among children with limphadenopathy. at 53 child ... | 2008 | 19209738 |
| [microbiological diagnosis of emerging bacterial pathogens: anaplasma, bartonella, rickettsia, and tropheryma whipplei]. | ehrlichia/anaplasma, bartonella, rickettsia and tropheryma whipplei (formerly called whippelii) are fastidious bacterial organisms, considered the causative agents of potentially severe emerging and re-emerging diseases with repercussions on public health. the recent availability of advanced molecular biology and cell culture techniques has led to the implication of many of these species in human pathologies. these issues are extensively covered in number 27 of the seimc microbiological procedur ... | 2008 | 19100178 |
| isolation of bartonella species from rodents in taiwan including a strain closely related to 'bartonella rochalimae' from rattus norvegicus. | an increasing number of bartonella species originally isolated from small mammals have been identified as emerging human pathogens. during an investigation of bartonella infection in rodent populations carried out in taiwan in 2006, a total of 58 rodents were tested. it was determined that 10.3 % (6/58) of the animals were bartonella bacteraemic. after pcr/rflp analysis, four isolates were identified as bartonella elizabethae and one isolate as bartonella tribocorum. however, there was one speci ... | 2008 | 19018019 |
| [infective endocarditis due to bartonella quintana]. | 2008 | 19147434 | |
| cat scratch disease with encephalopathy in a 9-year-old girl. | 2008 | 19067901 | |
| multiplexed whole bacterial antigen microarray, a new format for the automation of serodiagnosis: the culture-negative endocarditis paradigm. | the serological diagnosis of blood culture-negative endocarditis due to coxiella burnetii, bartonella spp., brucella melitensis and legionella pneumophila is based on a manual immunofluorescence assay (ifa), which is taken to be the reference method. the automated ifa inodiag multiplexed antigenic microarray, which includes a slide with all the above bacteria and four internal controls, an incubator, a fluorescent reader and software with an algorithm of interpretation for infectious endocarditi ... | 2008 | 19076842 |
| the prevalence of bartonella, hemoplasma, and rickettsia felis infections in domestic cats and in cat fleas in ontario. | the prevalence of persistent bacteremic bartonella spp. and hemoplasma infections was determined in healthy pet cats in ontario. blood samples from healthy cats sent to a diagnostic laboratory for routine health assessment over the course of 1 y were tested for bartonella spp. using both polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and blood culture, and for the presence of hemoplasma by pcr. the overall prevalence of bartonella spp. by pcr and by culture combined was 4.3% (28/646) [3.7% (24/646) bartonella ... | 2008 | 19086373 |
| myocarditis due to bartonella henselae. | 2008 | 19088543 | |
| hemoplasma infection in hiv-positive patient, brazil. | hemotrophic mycoplasmas infect a variety of mammals. although infection in humans is rarely reported, an association with an immunocompromised state has been suggested. we report a case of a mycoplasma haemofelis-like infection in an hiv-positive patient co-infected with bartonella henselae. | 2008 | 19046522 |
| bartonella henselae antibodies after cat bite. | 2008 | 19046527 | |
| human case of bartonella alsatica lymphadenitis. | 2008 | 19046532 | |
| bartonella spp. and rickettsia felis in fleas, democratic republic of congo. | 2008 | 19046544 | |
| susceptibility of owl monkeys (aotus nancymaae) to experimental infection with bartonella bacilliformis. | bartonellosis, caused by bartonella bacilliformis, is a clinically significant disease in parts of south america, where it is characterized by fever and hemolytic anemia during the often-fatal acute stage and warty skin eruptions during chronic disease. in this study, we evaluated owl monkeys (aotus nancymaae) as a potential model for studying the immunogenicity and pathology of bartonellosis. two groups of animals (n = 3 per group) received either 9.5 x 10(7) cfu b. bacilliformis by the id rout ... | 2008 | 19793460 |
| [oral cavity health condition of hiv carriers]. | acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) is a disease, which damages the cell immunity of an organism. changes in the oral cavity have an important role in the diagnostics of contagion. the aim of the paper was the assessment of the state of the oral cavity of the patients who had hiv. they had also antiretroviral and immunomodulating treatment. | 2008 | 19839516 |
| bartonella henselae lymphadenitis progressing to hepatosplenic disease with slow clinical response despite early diagnosis and treatment. | 2008 | 17343673 | |
| prolonged follow up of seven patients affected by hepatosplenic granulomata due to cat-scratch disease. | this study is a retrospective analysis of seven patients with hypoechogenic lesions in the liver and/or spleen due to bartonella henselae, who were followed from 1998 through to 2005 by the department of pediatrics, turin university. in addition to showing constitutional symptoms, four children had skin lesions suggestive of injuries inflicted by cats, and one child had a history of exposure to cats. the origin of the infection remained undefined in the other two patients. humoral tests enabled ... | 2008 | 17541640 |
| [painful soft-tissue swelling of the upper arm]. | cat-scratch disease is an infection by bartonella henselea and resolves spontaneously. we present a case of untypical bartonella infection which was misinterpreted by mri as a soft-tissue sarcoma of the upper arm. the histological findings of an incision biopsy were unspecific, without signs of malignancy. the tumor was excised completely and the final histology, however, showed no evidence of malignant changes. the bartonella henselae infection could be confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. t ... | 2008 | 17443304 |
| prevalence of serum antibodies against bartonella species in the serum of cats with or without uveitis. | bartonella henselae has been implicated as a causative agent of chronic uveitis in people and in some cats. the objective of this study was to determine whether bartonella species seroprevalence or titer magnitude varies among cats with uveitis, cats without ocular diseases recorded and healthy cats, while controlling for age and risk of flea exposure based on state of residence. there was no difference in seroprevalence rates or titer magnitude between cats with uveitis and cats with non-ocular ... | 2008 | 17719256 |
| evaluation of the association of bartonella species, feline herpesvirus 1, feline calicivirus, feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus with chronic feline gingivostomatitis. | gingivostomatitis (gs) is a significant condition in cats because of oral discomfort and associated periodontal disease. several infectious agents have been associated with the presence of gs, but a causal relationship is unclear. the cats in this study were housed together, had a history of flea exposure, and were vaccinated with a modified live fvrcp product. there were nine cats with active gs and 36 unaffected cats at the time of sample collection. serum was tested for feline leukemia virus ... | 2008 | 17766156 |
| discovery and analysis of bartonella henselae antigens for use in clinical serologic assays. | the antibody response to bartonella henselae has been studied in a number of mammals; however, the human response needs to be further studied. after natural infection, humans have antibody reactivity to a large number of b. henselae proteins. we used a proteomic approach to identify antigenic proteins of b. henselae to determine their capacity to elicit a human antibody response. comparing patient sera by western blot analysis demonstrated significant amounts of reactivity to b. henselae. the im ... | 2008 | 17889484 |
| a view on bartonella quintana endocarditis--confirming the molecular diagnosis by specific fluorescence in situ hybridization. | culture-negative endocarditis is a frequent problem in cardiology, especially if caused by fastidious organisms. among these, the diagnostic tools for the detection of bartonella quintana are still unsatisfactory. in a culture-negative case of suspected endocarditis undergoing aortic valve replacement, polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of the 16s rrna gene indicated b. quintana infection. to develop a new diagnostic tool, independent from culture and amplification techniques ... | 2008 | 17889492 |
| pcr for bacterial 16s ribosomal dna in multiple sclerosis cerebrospinal fluid. | the cause of multiple sclerosis (ms) is currently unknown. the hypothesis of this study is that ms is caused by a chronic bacterial infection of the central nervous system (cns) and the ensuing immune response. we developed a sensitive two-stage polymerase chain reaction method using nested or semi-nested primers specific for the bacterial 16s ribosomal dna to test for the presence of bacterial dna in cerebrospinal fluid. we designed seven sets of primers to amplify dna from spirochetes , campyl ... | 2008 | 17986505 |
| high bartonella spp. seroprevalence in a swedish homeless population but no evidence of trench fever. | blood samples and epidemiological data were collected from 50 homeless patients in central stockholm, sweden. sera were analysed for antibodies to b. henselae, b. quintana, b. elizabethae and b. grahamii. whole blood was cultured and used as substrate for a newly developed quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qpcr) specifically targeting bartonella spp. dna. 61 matched blood donor sera were used as controls. homeless patients were significantly more often seropositive to bartonella ... | 2008 | 17852922 |
| diversifying selection and concerted evolution of a type iv secretion system in bartonella. | we have studied the evolution of a type iv secretion system (t4ss), in bartonella, which is thought to have changed function from conjugation to erythrocyte adherence following a recent horizontal gene transfer event. the system, called trw, is unique among t4sss in that genes encoding both exo- and intracellular components are located within the same duplicated fragment. this provides an opportunity to study the influence of selection on proteins involved in host-pathogen interactions. we seque ... | 2008 | 18065487 |
| a sacb mutagenesis strategy reveals that the bartonella quintana variably expressed outer membrane proteins are required for bloodstream infection of the host. | bartonella bacteria adhere to erythrocytes and persistently infect the mammalian bloodstream. we previously identified four highly conserved bartonella quintana adhesin genes that undergo phase variation during prolonged bloodstream infection. the variably expressed outer membrane proteins (vomp) encoded by these genes are members of the trimeric autotransporter adhesin family. each b. quintana vomp appears to contribute a different adhesion phenotype, likely mediated by the major variable regio ... | 2008 | 18070893 |
| bartonella tamiae sp. nov., a newly recognized pathogen isolated from three human patients from thailand. | three strains of a novel bartonella species (bartonella tamiae) were isolated from human patients from thailand. sequence analysis of six chromosomal regions (16s rrna, glta, groel, ftsz, rpob, and the intergenic spacer region) and phenotypical analysis supported the similarity of the three strains and placed them within the genus bartonella separately from previously described species. | 2008 | 18077632 |
| vector-borne infections in cats: molecular study in barcelona area (spain). | previous serological surveys have reported the presence of different organisms in cats from spain but little reports exist about the exact identity of these organisms. the purpose of the study reported here was to assess the presence of dna of several vector-borne infections in a population of cats from barcelona area. one hundred blood samples obtained from cats admitted to the uab-vth were entered into the study and classified as healthy (n=48) or unhealthy (n=52). edta-blood samples were assa ... | 2008 | 18079064 |
| isolation and characterization of bartonella bacilliformis from an expatriate ecuadorian. | carrion's disease is typically biphasic with acute febrile illness characterized by bacteremia and severe hemolytic anemia (oroya fever), followed by benign, chronic cutaneous lesions (verruga peruana). the causative agent, bartonella bacilliformis, is endemic in specific regions of peru and ecuador. we describe atypical infection in an expatriate patient who presented with acute splenomegaly and anemia 3 years after visiting ecuador. initial serology and pcr of the patient's blood and serum wer ... | 2008 | 18094131 |
| molecular method for bartonella species identification in clinical and environmental samples. | a new, efficient molecular method for detection of bartonella, based on the 16s-23s rrna intergenic spacer and 16s rrna amplification by multiplex pcr combined with reverse line blotting, was designed. this assay could simultaneously detect 20 different known species and other bartonella species not described previously. | 2008 | 18094134 |
| prevalence of ehrlichia canis, anaplasma platys, babesia canis vogeli, hepatozoon canis, bartonella vinsonii berkhoffii, and rickettsia spp. in dogs from grenada. | to identify the tick-borne pathogens in dogs from grenada, we conducted a serologic survey for ehrlichia canis in 2004 (104 dogs) and a comprehensive serologic and molecular survey for a variety of tick-borne pathogens in 2006 (73 dogs). in 2004 and 2006, 44 and 32 dogs (42.3% and 43.8%) were seropositive for e. canis, respectively. in 2006, several tick-borne pathogens were identified by serology and pcr. dna of e. canis, anaplasma platys, babesia canis vogeli, hepatozoon canis, and bartonella ... | 2008 | 18160223 |
| bacillary angiomatosis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. | bacillary angiomatosis is a cutaneous or visceral infection with bartonella henselae or bartonella quintana. cases usually occur in hiv infected individuals. we present a 60-year-old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and neutropenic fever caused by bacillary angiomatosis. the nine ba cases in oncology patients are reviewed. | 2008 | 18165862 |
| detection of bartonella bovis in a cattle herd in italy. | 2008 | 18192660 | |
| bacterial communities of bartonella-positive fleas: diversity and community assembly patterns. | we investigated the bacterial communities of nine bartonella-positive fleas (n = 6 oropsylla hirsuta fleas and n = 3 oropsylla montana fleas), using universal primers, clone libraries, and dna sequencing. dna sequences were used to classify bacteria detected in a phylogenetic context, to explore community assembly patterns within individual fleas, and to survey diversity patterns in dominant lineages. | 2008 | 18203862 |
| ciclosporin-induced fibrovascular polyps vs. bacillary angiomatosis. | 2008 | 18205872 | |
| hepatosplenic cat-scratch fever. | 2008 | 18222165 | |
| genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of bacteria belonging to the ochrobactrum-brucella group by reca and 16s rrna gene-based comparative sequence analysis. | the genetic diversity and phylogenetic interrelationships among 106 ochrobactrum strains (o. anthropi: 72, o. intermedium: 22, o. tritici: 5, o. oryzae: 2, o. grignonense: 2, o. gallinifaecis: 1, o. lupini: 2), the type strains of the eight brucella species and other closely related taxa were studied by reca and rrs gene (16s rrna) comparative sequence analysis. both markers correctly delineated the various ochrobactrum species; however, resolution at the subspecies level was considerably higher ... | 2008 | 18222618 |
| characterization of bartonella strains isolated from black-tailed prairie dogs (cynomys ludovicianus). | thirty bartonella strains were isolated from the blood of black-tailed prairie dogs (cynomys ludovicianus) from boulder county, colorado, usa. the bacteria appeared as small, fastidious, aerobic, gram-negative rods. the partial sequences of the citrate synthase gene (glta) demonstrated five unique genetic variants. phylogenetic analysis based on sequences of glta, 16s rrna, rpob, ftsz, and ribc showed that the black-tailed prairie dog-related bartonella variants comprise a distinct monophyletic ... | 2008 | 18237261 |
| attention: attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. | 2008 | 18240846 | |
| emerging pathogens: challenges and successes of molecular diagnostics. | more than 50 emerging and reemerging pathogens have been identified during the last 40 years. until 1992 when the institute of medicine issued a report that defined emerging infectious diseases, medicine had been complacent about such infectious diseases despite the alarm bells of infections with human immunodeficiency virus. molecular tools have proven useful in discovering and characterizing emerging viruses and bacteria such as sin nombre virus (hantaviral pulmonary syndrome), hepatitis c vir ... | 2008 | 18403608 |
| visceral involvement in an immunocompetent male: a rare presentation of cat scratch disease. | we report a case of an adult, immunocompetent male with lymphadenopathy of both groins, para-aortal lymph nodes and multiple lesions in the spleen. a neoplasm was excluded by histology of the largest lymph node from the left groin. the diagnosis of cat-scratch disease (csd ) became apparent when serological testing for bartonella henselae showed to be positive. a review of literature shows that disseminated (visceral) infection is a rare presentation of csd. | 2008 | 18424863 |
| bartonella quintana and bartonella pediococcus infection after aortic valve replacement. | bartonella quintana and bartonella pediococcus infections are very rare causes of endocarditis. urban trench fever with relapsing febrile illness, headache, leg pain, and endocarditis has now begun to be a more important cause of disease in socially disadvantaged persons. the diagnosis is difficult because the growth of b. quintana in blood culture takes 20-40 days. b. pediococcus may be an opportunistic pathogen in severely compromised hosts, although it has been described as a harmless bacteri ... | 2008 | 18430664 |
| beyond cat scratch disease: widening spectrum of bartonella henselae infection. | bartonella henselae was discovered a quarter of a century ago as the causative agent of cat scratch disease, a clinical entity described in the literature for more than half a century. as diagnostic techniques improve, our knowledge of the spectrum of clinical disease resulting from infection with bartonella is expanding. this review summarizes current knowledge regarding the microbiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic techniques, and treatment of b. henselae infection. | 2008 | 18443019 |
| [bartonella henselae and its infections]. | in recent years the number of identified bartonella species has increased rapidly and several species in bartonella genus isolated from various mammalian reservoirs were recognized as zoonotic agents in humans. three bartonella species are considered to be pathogenic for humans; b. henselae, b. quintana and b. bacilliformis. b. henselae causes asymptomatic intraerythrocytic bacteraemia in the feline reservoir host and is the most important zoonotic species as the cause of human diseases includin ... | 2008 | 18444576 |
| seroprevalence of bartonella spp. infection in hiv patients in catalonia, spain. | although the first clinical descriptions of bartonella infection were associated with immunocompromised patient with bacillary angiomatosis, we currently know that this organism is directly involved in diseases affecting a large number of patients, regardless of their immune status. cat scratch disease, hepatic peliosis, and some cases of bacteraemia and endocarditis, are directly caused by some species of the genus bartonella. the purpose of this study was to determinate the prevalence of igg a ... | 2008 | 18452613 |
| severe occlusive vasculitis as a complication of cat scratch disease. | the purpose of this communication is to report a severe occlusive vasculitis as a complication of cat scratch. | 2008 | 18454406 |
| molecular detection of bartonella schoenbuchensis from ectoparasites of deer in massachusetts. | deer keds (lipoptena cervi) are thought to have been introduced into new england from europe during the 1800 s. we sought to determine whether l. cervi from massachusetts deer contained evidence of infection by bartonella schoenbuchensis, which appears to be maintained by l. cervi in europe. five of 6 keds were found to contain b. schoenbuchensis dna, and 2 deer ticks cofeeding on deer with such keds did as well. the detection of bartonella dna in deer ticks probably represents contamination by ... | 2008 | 18454595 |
| culture-negative infectious endocarditis caused by bartonella spp.: 2 case reports and a review of the literature. | bartonella spp. are rare pathogens in humans and were recently recognized as important causative agents of culture-negative endocarditis. here, we describe the 1st 2 documented cases of culture-negative endocarditis due to bartonella henselae and bartonella quintana encountered in a single hospital in germany. infection of the heart valve tissue was detected by broad-range polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and further confirmed by serologic testing. in particular, acute b. henselae infection with ... | 2008 | 18455348 |
| macular hole following bartonella henselae neuroretinitis. | to report a case of macular hole secondary to bartonella henselae neuroretinitis. | 2008 | 18465733 |
| bartonella-associated meningoradiculoneuritis and dermatitis or panniculitis in 3 dogs. | 2008 | 18466250 | |
| [cat scratch disease]. | 2008 | 18470500 | |
| parasite interactions in natural populations: insights from longitudinal data. | the physiological and immunological state of an animal can be influenced by current infections and infection history. consequently, both ongoing and previous infections can affect host susceptibility to another parasite, the biology of the subsequent infection (e.g. infection length) and the impact of infection on host morbidity (pathology). in natural populations, most animals will be infected by a succession of different parasites throughout the course of their lives, with probably frequent co ... | 2008 | 18474121 |
| molecular evidence for bartonella spp. in cat and dog fleas from germany and france. | nine hundred and fifty-two fleas were collected from 148 cats and 133 dogs at 18 widely distributed geographic locations in germany and france and examined for the presence of six different bartonella spp. (bartonella bacilliformis, bartonella clarridgeiae, bartonella elizabethae, bartonella henselae, bartonella quintana, bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii) by pcr. thirty-five specimens (3.7%) tested positive for either b. henselae (14 positive fleas) or b. clarridgeiae (21 positive fleas). d ... | 2008 | 18489542 |
| infection-associated type iv secretion systems of bartonella and their diverse roles in host cell interaction. | type iv secretion systems (t4sss) are transporters of gram-negative bacteria that mediate interbacterial dna transfer, and translocation of virulence factors into eukaryotic host cells. the alpha-proteobacterial genus bartonella comprises arthropod-borne pathogens that colonize endothelial cells and erythrocytes of their mammalian reservoir hosts, thereby causing long-lasting intraerythrocytic infections. the deadly human pathogen bartonella bacilliformis holds an isolated position in the barton ... | 2008 | 18489724 |
| [infective endocarditis due to bartonella quintana]. | we present the clinical case of a man of 68 years who was admitted for dizziness and sensation of loss of conscience. the clinical examination revealed a body temperature of 37.5 degrees c and a murmur of mitral regurgitation. the echocardiogram showed a severe mitral regurgitation and left cavitie's dilatation; transesophageal echocardiogram showed a vegetation in the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve. in blood cultures grew a gram-negative bacteria identified as bartonella spp. a pcr demons ... | 2008 | 18499964 |
| native valve endocarditis due to bartonella henselae in an immunocompetent man. | culture-negative endocarditis accounts for 2.5-31% of all endocarditis cases and remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. bartonella spp. has only recently been recognized as an important cause of culture-negative endocarditis. we report a case of bartonella henselae endocarditis occurring in an immunocompetent man who owned a cat and had previously been diagnosed with valvulopathy. diagnosis was made only after prolonged diagnostic work-up with serology and with pcr and subsequent sequen ... | 2008 | 18500601 |
| use of bartonella adhesin a (bada) immunoblotting in the serodiagnosis of bartonella henselae infections. | bartonella henselae causes a variety of human diseases (e.g. cat scratch disease and the vasculoproliferative disorders, bacillary angiomatosis and peliosis hepatis). the laboratory diagnosis of b. henselae infections is usually based on the detection of anti-b. henselae antibodies by an indirect immunofluorescence assay (ifa) which, unfortunately, suffers from a significant amount of cross-reactivity and hence is prone to deliver false-positive results. in this pilot study, we evaluated the use ... | 2008 | 18501673 |
| first report of bartonella quintana endocarditis in japan. | bartonella (rochalimaea) species are increasingly recognized as a cause of endocarditis, but the total number of cases remains low. especially, bartonella quintana endocarditis is very rare and there have been no reports in japan. a 66-year-old man was hospitalized because of dyspnea and fever. an echocardiogram showed severe mitral valve regurgitation, mild aortic valve regurgitation, and echogenic masses on the mitral and aortic valve. six sets of blood cultures were negative. replacement of t ... | 2008 | 18503234 |
| rickettsial seroepidemiology among farm workers, tianjin, people's republic of china. | high seroprevalence rates for anaplasma phagocytophilum (8.8%), coxiella burnetii (6.4%), bartonella henselae (9.6%), and rickettsia typhi (4.1%) in 365 farm workers near tianjin, people's republic of china, suggest that human infections with these zoonotic bacteria are frequent and largely unrecognized. demographic features of seropositive persons suggest distinct epidemiology, ecology, and risks. | 2008 | 18507907 |
| high prevalence of fastidious bacteria in 1520 cases of uveitis of unknown etiology. | the etiologic evaluation of uveitis is frequently unsuccessful when noninvasive methods are used. we conducted a prospective study to evaluate systematic screening for pathogens of uveitis. all patients with uveitis referred to the participating tertiary ophthalmology departments from january 2001 to september 2007 underwent intraocular and serum specimen collection. the standardized protocol for laboratory investigations included universal polymerase chain reaction (pcr)-based detection of any ... | 2008 | 18520326 |
| [cat-scratch disease localisation in the parotid gland]. | cat scratch disease is an infection due to bartonella henselae. it is one of the principal causes of benign chronic adenopathy in children or young adults. | 2008 | 18533210 |
| search for borrelia burgdorferi in kidneys of dogs with suspected "lyme nephritis". | "lyme nephritis" is a poorly characterized condition associated with proteinuria and often fatal renal failure in dogs with serological evidence of infection with borrelia burgdorferi. | 2008 | 18564223 |
| factors associated with the occurrence of epistaxis in natural canine leishmaniasis (leishmania infantum). | canine leishmaniasis (canl) is a common cause of epistaxis in dogs residing in endemic areas. the pathogenesis of canl-associated epistaxis has not been fully explored because of the limited number of cases reported so far. | 2008 | 18564224 |
| bartonella henselae: first reported isolate in a human in thailand. | this is the first reported case of bacillary angiomatosis associated with bartonella henselae in thailand. the clinical, pathological, and microbiological findings are presented. the bacterium was isolated from a biopsy of skin lesions obtained on admission and identified by cellular morphology, characteristics of colonies on chocolate agar, extensive biochemical tests and 16s ribosomal dna sequencing. | 2008 | 18567451 |
| analysis of a novel insect cell culture medium-based growth medium for bartonella species. | human- and animal-pathogenic bartonella species are fastidious and slow-growing bacteria difficult to isolate and cultivate. we describe a novel, easy-to-prepare liquid medium for the fast and reliable growth of several bartonella spp. that does not affect bacterial protein expression patterns or interactions with host cells. | 2008 | 18567689 |
| [cat scratch disease and other human infections caused by bartonella species]. | the different bartonella species can cause various human infections such as cat scratch disease, chronic bacteremia (homeless patient with nonspecific symptom), endocarditis, bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis, and carrion's disease. diagnostic approaches include serology, culture and molecular approaches. pcr is especially useful on lymph nodes biopsies from patients with cat-scratch disease and on valvular samples taken from culture-negative endocarditis. serology exhibits a very high sensitivit ... | 2008 | 18578430 |
| human bartonellosis: seroepidemiological and clinical features with an emphasis on data from brazil - a review. | bartonellae are fastidious gram-negative bacteria that are widespread in nature with several animal reservoirs (mainly cats, dogs, and rodents) and insect vectors (mainly fleas, sandflies, and human lice). thirteen species or subspecies of bartonella have been recognized as agents causing human disease, including b. bacilliformis, b. quintana, b. vinsonii berkhoffii, b. henselae, b. elizabethae, b. grahamii, b. washoensis, b. koehlerae, b. rocha-limaea, and b. tamiae. the clinical spectrum of in ... | 2008 | 18592096 |
| detrimental effects of bartonella henselae are counteracted by l-arginine and nitric oxide in human endothelial progenitor cells. | the recruitment of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (epcs) might have a beneficial effect on the clinical course of several diseases. endothelial damage and detachment of endothelial cells are known to occur in infection, tissue ischemia, and sepsis. these detrimental effects in epcs are unknown. here we elucidated whether human epcs internalize bartonella henselae constituting a circulating niche of the pathogen. b. henselae invades epcs as shown by gentamicin protection assays and tran ... | 2008 | 18595894 |