4,152 results match your criteria Bartonellosis
Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2018 Nov 27. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University (NCSU), 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA. Electronic address:
The objective of this work was to determine the prevalence of Borrelia and Bartonella species in Ixodes spp. ticks collected from 16 USA states. Genus PCR amplification and sequence analysis of Bartonella and Borrelia 16SsRNA-23SsRNA intergenic regions were performed on DNA extracted from 929 questing adult ticks (671 Ixodes scapularis, 155 Ixodes affinis, and 103 Ixodes pacificus). Read More
Med Vet Entomol 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), Service de Santé des Armées (SSA), Vecteurs-Infections Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.
Flea identification is a significant issue because some species are considered as important vectors of several human pathogens that have emerged or re-emerged recently, such as Bartonella henselae (Rhizobiales: Bartonellaceae) and Rickettsia felis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae). Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been evaluated in recent years for the identification of multicellular organisms, including arthropods. A preliminary study corroborated the usefulness of this technique for the rapid identification of fleas, creating a preliminary database containing the spectra of five species of flea. Read More
Parasit Vectors 2018 Dec 4;11(1):624. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.
Bartonellosis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution that can infect humans and a large number of mammals including small companion animals (cats and dogs). In recent years, an increasing number of studies from around the world have reported Bartonella infections, although publications have predominantly focused on the North American perspective. Currently, clinico-pathological data from Europe are more limited, suggesting that bartonellosis may be an infrequent or underdiagnosed infectious disease in cats and dogs. Read More
BMC Infect Dis 2018 Dec 4;18(1):618. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
School of Medicine. Faculty of Health Sciences. Research and Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru.
Background: Acute febrile illness (AFI) represent a significant health challenge in the Peruvian Amazon basin population due to their diverse etiologies and the unavailability of specific on-site diagnostic methods, resulting in underreporting of cases. In Peru, one of the most endemic regions to dengue and leptospirosis is Madre de Dios, a region also endemic to emergent bacterial etiologic agents of AFI, such as bartonellosis and rickettsiosis, whose prevalence is usually underreported. We aimed to molecularly identify the presence of Leptospira spp. Read More
Emerg Infect Dis 2018 Dec;24(12):2317-2323
Twice a year in southwestern Nigeria, during a traditional bat festival, community participants enter designated caves to capture bats, which are then consumed for food or traded. We investigated the presence of Bartonella species in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) and bat flies (Eucampsipoda africana) from these caves and assessed whether Bartonella infections had occurred in persons from the surrounding communities. Our results indicate that these bats and flies harbor Bartonella strains, which multilocus sequence typing indicated probably represent a novel Bartonella species, proposed as Bartonella rousetti. Read More
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018 Nov 15;12(11):e0006865. Epub 2018 Nov 15.
Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
As humans move and alter habitats, they change the disease risk for themselves, their commensal animals and wildlife. Bartonella bacteria are prevalent in mammals and cause numerous human infections. Understanding how this genus has evolved and switched hosts in the past can reveal how current patterns were established and identify potential mechanisms for future cross-species transmission. Read More
Korean J Parasitol 2018 Oct 31;56(5):521-525. Epub 2018 Oct 31.
International Development Group, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Rodents are well-known reservoirs and vectors of many emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, but little is known about their role in zoonotic disease transmission in Bhutan. In this study, a cross-sectional investigation of zoonotic disease pathogens in rodents was performed in Chukha district, Bhutan, where a high incidence of scrub typhus and cases of acute undifferentiated febrile illness had been reported in people during the preceding 4-6 months. Twelve rodents were trapped alive using wire-mesh traps. Read More
J Vet Intern Med 2018 Nov 31;32(6):1983-1988. Epub 2018 Oct 31.
From the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Background: Neurobartonellosis occurs in people. The role these organisms might play in inflammatory brain disease of dogs is unclear.
Hypothesis/objectives: That Bartonella spp. Read More
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018 Nov 29;115(46):11790-11795. Epub 2018 Oct 29.
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel;
Blood-sucking phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) transmit leishmaniasis as well as arboviral diseases and bartonellosis. Sand fly females become infected with parasites and transmit them while imbibing vertebrates' blood, required as a source of protein for maturation of eggs. In addition, both females and males consume plant-derived sugar meals as a source of energy. Read More
Mol Ecol 2018 Oct 24. Epub 2018 Oct 24.
Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
Based on molecular data, previous studies have suggested a high overall diversity and co-infection rates of Bartonella bacteria in wild rodents and their fleas. However, partial genetic characterization of uncultured co-infecting bacteria limited sound conclusions concerning intra- and inter-specific diversity of the circulating Bartonella. To overcome this limitation, Bartonella infections of wild populations of two sympatric gerbil species and their fleas were explored by multiple isolations of Bartonella organisms. Read More
APMIS 2018 Nov;126(11):831-837
Independent Researcher, Barcelona, Spain.
During World War I, a mysterious new disease affected soldiers on both sides of battle field. The first reports described a relapsing fever of unknown origin with body lice being suggested as the vector. The outbreak affected >1 000 000 people, mostly soldiers fighting in front-line trenches. Read More
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2018 Oct 17. Epub 2018 Oct 17.
1 Department of Internal Medicine and Inha University School of Medicine , Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Background: Bites with tick-borne pathogens can cause various bacterial, viral, or parasitic diseases in humans. Tick-transmitted diseases are known as contributing factors to the increasing incidence and burden of diseases. The present article investigated the epidemiology of tick-borne diseases in South Korea. Read More
J Vet Intern Med 2018 Nov 11;32(6):1958-1964. Epub 2018 Oct 11.
Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Background: Because of poor sensitivity and questionable specificity of immunofluorescent antibody assays (IFAs), serological diagnosis of Bartonella species infections in dogs remains challenging. Despite limitations, IFA testing is the historical "gold standard" for Bartonella serodiagnosis in animals and humans. Because most diagnostic laboratories test against only 1 or 2 Bartonella spp. Read More
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2018 Sep 29. Epub 2018 Sep 29.
4 Laboratory Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) , Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil .
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most prevalent hematologic genetic disorder. Acute vaso-occlusive painful crisis is the hallmark of the disease and may be related to subclinical infections. Bartonellosis, a rare and neglected infection, is caused by Bartonella spp. Read More
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018 Sep 27;12(9):e0006786. Epub 2018 Sep 27.
Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America.
Bartonella spp. are globally distributed bacteria that cause endocarditis in humans and domestic animals. Recent work has suggested bats as zoonotic reservoirs of some human Bartonella infections; however, the ecological and spatiotemporal patterns of infection in bats remain largely unknown. Read More
J Clin Microbiol 2018 Dec 27;56(12). Epub 2018 Nov 27.
University Hospital, Goethe-University, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
causes cat scratch disease and several other clinical entities. Infections with are frequently occurring; however, the infection is only rarely diagnosed, mainly due to a lack of knowledge in the medical community. Microscopic immunofluorescence assays (IFA) are widely used for the serodiagnosis of infections but are laborious and time-consuming, and interpretation is subjective. Read More
Med Microbiol Immunol 2018 Sep 24. Epub 2018 Sep 24.
Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA.
The genus Bartonella consists of globally distributed and highly diverse alpha-proteobacteria that infect a wide-range of mammals. Medically, Bartonella spp. constitute emerging, vector-borne, zoonotic, intravascular organisms that induce long-lasting bacteremia in reservoir-adapted (passive carrier of a microorganism) hosts. Read More
Parasitology 2018 Sep 24:1-10. Epub 2018 Sep 24.
Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos,IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ronda de Toledo s/n, 13071, Ciudad Real,Spain.
Diseases and host dynamics are linked, but their associations may vary in strength, be time-lagged, and depend on environmental influences. Where a vector is involved in disease transmission, its dynamics are an additional influence, and we often lack a general understanding on how diseases, hosts and vectors interact. We report on the occurrence of six zoonotic arthropod-borne pathogens (Anaplasma, Bartonella, Borrelia, Coxiella, Francisella and Rickettsia) in common voles (Microtus arvalis) throughout a population fluctuation and how their prevalence varies according to host density, seasonality and vector prevalence. Read More
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2018 Jun 29;58:26-30. Epub 2018 Jun 29.
Vytautas Magnus University, Vileikos str. 8, LT-44404 Kaunas, Lithuania. Electronic address:
Bartonella bacteria are arthropod-borne and can cause long-term bacteremia in humans and animals. The predominant arthropod vectors and the mode of transmission for many novel Bartonella species remain elusive or essentially unstudied. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Bartonella spp. Read More
Res Microbiol 2018 Sep 12. Epub 2018 Sep 12.
Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Bartonellosis is an emerging serious diseases of zoonotic relevance caused by an expanding number of recently discovered species of Bartonella. Many studies use partial gltA gene sequencing as the method of choice for species attribution, and a plethora of studies have utilized only this gene to describe Bartonella diversity. We observe a lack of correspondence between the phylogenies constructed using the complete gltA gene sequences and the small gene fragment usually used in phylogenetic analyzes. Read More
BMC Vet Res 2018 Sep 10;14(1):279. Epub 2018 Sep 10.
Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Pavilhão Helio e Peggy Pereira, 1 Pavimento, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Background: The role of bats as reservoirs of zoonotic agents, especially pathogenic bacteria such as Bartonella and Coxiella, has been discussed around the world. Recent studies have identified bats as potential hosts of species from the proteobacteria phylum. In Brazil, however, the role of bats in the natural cycle of these agents is poorly investigated and generally neglected. Read More
Microb Ecol 2018 Sep 8. Epub 2018 Sep 8.
Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznan, Poland.
The original version of this article published online (27 August 2018) unfortunately contained a mistake regarding an affiliation of Dr. Edyta Podsiadły, one of the authors. Read More
Parasit Vectors 2018 Aug 30;11(1):491. Epub 2018 Aug 30.
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 1 Miecznikowa Street, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland.
Background: Bartonella spp. cause persistent bacterial infections in mammals. Although these bacteria are transmitted by blood-feeding arthropods, there is also evidence for vertical transmission in their mammalian hosts. Read More
Microb Ecol 2018 Aug 27. Epub 2018 Aug 27.
Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznan, Poland.
Hematophagous Spinturnix myoti mites and their host, the greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis), were tested for the presence of Bartonella spp., Rickettsia spp., and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Read More
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2018 Nov;29(6):514-519
Department of Ophthalmology, Edward Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Purpose Of Review: Neuroretinitis is an inflammatory disorder of the eye presenting with optic disc edema and the delayed development of a macular star secondary to optic nerve swelling toward the macular structures. Neuroretinitis can be divided into idiopathic, infectious (including neuroretinitis associated with cat scratch disease) and recurrent.
Recent Findings: The clinical presentation of neuroretinitis includes impaired visual acuity, dyschromatopsia, relative afferent pupillary defects and visual field abnormalities - particularly cecocentral and central scotomas. Read More
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Aug;97(34):e11881
Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul.
Coxiella burnetii is a common cause of blood culture-negative infective endocarditis (IE). Molecular detection of C burnetii DNA in clinical specimens is a promising method of diagnosing Q fever endocarditis. Here, we examined the diagnostic utility of Q fever polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of formalin-fixed heart valve tissue from patients with blood culture-negative IE who underwent heart valve surgery. Read More
Front Vet Sci 2018 24;5:166. Epub 2018 Jul 24.
Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Diseases caused by bacterial infections in small-scale and industrial livestock are becoming serious global health concern in veterinary science. Zoonotic bacteria, including , and species, that infect animals and humans cause various illnesses, such as fever, diarrhea, and related complications. Bacterial diseases in animals can be treated with various classes of antibiotics, including fluoroquinolones, beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, and macrolides. Read More
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2018 Nov;29(6):582-587
Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Purpose Of Review: To review the systemic and ocular complications of Bartonella spp. infections specifically cat scratch disease, encompassing epidemiology, laboratory diagnostics, ophthalmic imagining, and treatment.
Recent Findings: Recent studies have shown that ocular manifestations occur in approximately 4. Read More
Paediatr Int Child Health 2018 Aug 10:1-4. Epub 2018 Aug 10.
a Paediatric Unit , Hôpital Jacques Monod , Le Havre , France.
Bone infections in cat-scratch disease (CSD) are uncommon and the diagnosis can be missed. A 3-year-old boy with multifocal pelvic osteomyelitis caused by Bartonella henselae is reported. Serological tests were negative but DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction assay of a lymph node. Read More
Vet Microbiol 2018 Aug 25;222:69-74. Epub 2018 Jun 25.
Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico.
Bartonella spp. have been identified in many bat species worldwide, including the zoonotic species, Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis. The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) preys preferentially on livestock in Latin America and is frequently infected with Bartonella spp. Read More
Am J Case Rep 2018 Aug 2;19:906-911. Epub 2018 Aug 2.
Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
BACKGROUND Bartonella infection is the causative organism of cat-scratch disease (CSD), which typically presents with self-limited localized lymphadenopathy. In HIV-infected patients, Bartonella infection can cause systemic illnesses with significant morbidity and mortality manifesting as bacillary angiomatosis (BA), hepatic peliosis, splenitis, bacteremic febrile illness, and other organ involvement. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no reports of HIV-infected patients presenting with generalized lymphadenopathy caused by Bartonella infection. Read More
Front Psychiatry 2018 13;9:314. Epub 2018 Jul 13.
National Reference Laboratory for Lyme Disease, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czechia.
Several recent studies have demonstrated the association of cat-related injuries with major depression and with depressiveness in the general population. It was suggested that cat-scratch disease, the infection with the bacterium , can be responsible for the observed association. However, no direct evidence for the role of the infection in this association has been published until now. Read More
J Comp Pathol 2018 Jul 4;162:29-42. Epub 2018 Jul 4.
Department of Cardiology, The Animal Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Endomyocarditis is a commonly detected post-mortem finding in domestic cats presenting for sudden onset cardiovascular death, yet the aetiology remains unresolved. Cats are documented reservoir hosts for Bartonella henselae, the infectious cause of cat scratch disease in man. Various Bartonella spp. Read More
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2018 Jul 19;60:e31. Epub 2018 Jul 19.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The increasing use of illicit drugs imposes a public health challenge worldwide. People who inject drugs (PWID) are more susceptible to health complications due to immunosuppression associated with drug use and non-hygienic self-administration of substances, contaminants, and liquids. PWID are subjected to increased risk of acquiring and transmitting different pathogens (frequently functioning as sentinel cases for (re)emerging pathogens), including those transmitted by arthropods and vertebrate reservoirs in unhealthy environments. Read More
J Pediatr 2018 Oct 2;201:274-280.e12. Epub 2018 Jul 2.
Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH; The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
We identified 13 patients with cat scratch (Bartonella henselae) bone infection among those admitted to a large tertiary care children's hospital over a 12-year period. The median age was 7 years and the median time from onset of illness to diagnosis was 10 days. Multifocal osteomyelitis involving spine and pelvis was common; no patient had a lytic bone lesion. Read More
Emerg Med J 2018 Aug 20;35(8):522. Epub 2018 Jul 20.
Department of Internal Medicine and Infectiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Clinical Introduction: A 37-year-old man with history of lymph node tuberculosis presented with bilateral inguinal swelling with night sweats but no fever for 2 weeks. He had a cat but he had no history of scratches. He had an extraconjugal sexual intercourse a few weeks before. Read More
BMJ Case Rep 2018 Jul 6;2018. Epub 2018 Jul 6.
Internal Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
A 28-year-old man presented to our clinic over the course of 3 weeks with symptoms that progressed from mild headaches to fever, fatigue, myalgia and an enlarged right preauricular lymph node with ipsilateral conjunctivitis and upper eyelid weakness. Our differential included Epstein Barr Virus/Cytomegalovirus mononucleosis, bacterial conjunctivitis and lymphoma. We evaluated with CBC, EBV IgM Ab, lactate dehydrogenase level and a CMV IgG Ab which were all within normal limits. Read More
Emerg Microbes Infect 2018 Jun 25;7(1):115. Epub 2018 Jun 25.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Athens, OH, USA.
The seroprevalence and epidemiology of Bartonella bacilliformis infection in the Andean highlands of Ecuador is largely unknown. We conducted a sero-epidemiologic survey of 319 healthy children aged 1-15 years living in six rural, mountain communities in Loja Province, Ecuador. Blood was collected by finger stick onto filter paper and dried, and the eluted sera analyzed for antibodies to B. Read More
BMC Res Notes 2018 Jun 25;11(1):405. Epub 2018 Jun 25.
State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), P.O. Box5, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China.
Objective: To study the presence of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks collected from two wild mammals in Madre de Dios, Peru.
Results: A total of 110 ticks were collected. Among the 43 Amblyomma spp. Read More
Ann Agric Environ Med 2018 Jun 13;25(2):345-348. Epub 2018 Apr 13.
Department of Livestock, Animal Health Division.
Introduction: The paper is a case report presenting Cat Scratch Disease (CSD) in a 1.5-year- old girl. Bartoneloses, including CSD, are a group of infectious diseases which are rarely detected, therefore there are no statistical data concerning the aetiology, and the incidence of CSD noted in Poland is low in comparison with other European countries. Read More
Parasitology 2018 Sep 20;145(10):1336-1353. Epub 2018 Jun 20.
Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Parasitas e Vetores,Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz,Av. Brasil 4365,Rio de Janeiro,RJ,Brazil.
In this review, we explore the state-of-the-art of sand fly relationships with microbiota, viruses and Leishmania, with particular emphasis on the vector immune responses. Insect-borne diseases are a major public health problem in the world. Phlebotomine sand flies are proven vectors of several aetiological agents including viruses, bacteria and the trypanosomatid Leishmania, which are responsible for diseases such as viral encephalitis, bartonellosis and leishmaniasis, respectively. Read More
N Z Vet J 2018 Sep 25;66(5):257-260. Epub 2018 Jun 25.
c Koret School of Veterinary Medicine , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Rehovot , Israel.
AIM To identify Bartonella spp. in rats from New Zealand using molecular methods. METHODS DNA was extracted from the spleens of 143 black rats (Rattus rattus) captured in the Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. Read More
J Med Entomol 2018 Aug;55(5):1292-1298
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO.
Few studies have been able to provide experimental evidence of the ability of fleas to maintain rodent-associated Bartonella infections and excrete these bacteria. These data are important for understanding the transmission cycles and prevalence of these bacteria in hosts and vectors. We used an artificial feeding approach to expose groups of the oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild; Siphonaptera, Pulicidae) to rat blood inoculated with varying concentrations of Bartonella elizabethae Daly (Bartonellaceae: Rhizobiales). Read More
J Vet Cardiol 2018 Aug 25;20(4):267-275. Epub 2018 May 25.
Vetgenomics, Edifici Eureka, Parc de Recerca de La UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola Del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
Objectives: The presence of Bartonella spp. was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in dogs from Spain with blood culture-negative endocarditis. The aim of this study is to add information about canine infectious endocarditis in Europe. Read More
Indian J Med Res 2018 Feb;147(2):189-194
Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Background & Objectives: : Bartonella henselae causes infections which closely resemble febrile illness and chronic diseases such as tuberculosis and haematological malignancies. There are not many studies on Bartonella infections from India. The present study was undertaken to diagnose B. Read More
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2018 Mar-Apr;51(2):247-248
Núcleo de Mastologia, Hospital Sírio Libanês, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
We present a case involving a 74-year-old woman with cat scratch disease characterized by an enlarged and hard axillary lymph node as well as a palpable breast nodule mimicking a carcinoma. The lymph node and the breast nodule were excised. The pathologic examinations revealed granulomatous lymphadenitis with gram-negative bacilli and an intraductal papilloma. Read More
Cardiol Res 2018 Apr 25;9(2):116-119. Epub 2018 Apr 25.
International Emerging Infections Program, Thailand MOPH-US CDC Collaboration, Nontaburi, Thailand.
spp. are emerging pathogens that are reported as the cause of blood culture-negative endocarditis ( BCNE). However, echocardiographic features and assessment of this endocarditis remains unclear. Read More
J Vet Cardiol 2018 Jun 2;20(3):198-203. Epub 2018 May 2.
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 930 Campus Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Clinica Veterinaria Malpensa, Viale Marconi 27, 21017 Samarate, Varese, Italy.
A 3-year-old castrated male domestic shorthair presented to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals for acute onset respiratory distress. Thoracic radiographs, echocardiogram, and electrocardiogram (ECG) revealed left-sided congestive heart failure, myocardial thickening with left atrial dilation, and sinus rhythm conducted with a left bundle branch block, respectively. Cardiac troponin I was elevated and continued to increase over 36 h (1. Read More
BMJ Case Rep 2018 May 4;2018. Epub 2018 May 4.
Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
The clinically important human infections are mostly caused by the three species (eg, ) of out of the many progressively increasing identified species. transmitted by the arthropod vector, fleas, after cat bite is responsible for the rare multisystem cat scratch disease in humans. We present an extremely rare case of contracted presumably through a red ant bite. Read More
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Apr;97(17):e0465
Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Introduction: Systemic Bartonella spp. infections are being increasingly reported in association with complex medical presentations. Individuals with frequent arthropod exposures or animal contact appear to be at risk for acquiring long standing infections with Bartonella spp. Read More