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Bartonellosis: an emerging infectious disease of zoonotic importance to animals and human beings
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A review of clinically relevant observations related to Bartonella species as emerging pathogens in veterinary and human medicine to provide a review of clinical relevant observations.Abstract:
Objective – To provide a review of clinically relevant observations related to Bartonella species as emerging pathogens in veterinary and human medicine.
Data Sources – Literature as cited in PubMed and as generated by each of the authors who have contributed to various aspects of the clinical understanding of bartonellosis.
Human Data Synthesis – Important historical and recent publications illustrating the evolving role of animal reservoirs as a source of human infection.
Veterinary Data Synthesis – Comprehensive review of the veterinary literature.
Conclusions – In addition to inducing life-threatening illnesses, such as endocarditis, myocarditis, and meningoencephalitis and contributing to chronic debilitating disease, such as arthritis, osteomyelitis, and granulomatous inflammation in cats, dogs, and potentially other animal species; pets and wildlife species can serve as persistently infected reservoir hosts for the transmission of Bartonella spp. infection to veterinary professionals and others with direct animal contact.read more
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Bartonella rochalimae Detection by a Sensitive and Specific PCR Platform.
TL;DR: This work developed a sensitive and specific quantitative PCR platform for B. rochalimae by targeting the intergenic transcribed spacer, gltA, and rpoB genes, which are recommended for subtyping characterization and achieved the limit of detection between five and 10 genomic equivalents per reaction and did not amplify DNA from other Bartonella species or selected hosts.
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Comparative analysis of microbial community in the whole body and midgut from fully engorged and unfed female adult Melophagus ovinus.
TL;DR: The whole body bacterial diversity of the newly hatched, unfed adult females was greater compared with that of the other three samples, and Proteobacteria was the dominant bacterial phylum in all of the samples.
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First isolation and genotyping of Bartonella henselae from a cat living with a patient with cat scratch disease in Southeast Europe.
TL;DR: The ability to detect B. henselae in blood through culturing but not PCR suggests that the prevalence of infected cats with low bacteremia is very high, suggesting the need to develop faster, more sensitive detection assays.
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Identification of Bartonella henselae in a horse from Germany.
Natalie A. Cherry,G. Liebisch,A. Liebisch,Edward B. Breitschwerdt,Samuel L. Jones,R. Ulrich,E. Allmers,P. Wolf,Marion Hewicker-Trautwein +8 more
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Pyogranulomatous Pancarditis with Intramyocardial Bartonella henselae San Antonio 2 (BhSA2) in a Dog.
T.A. Donovan,P.R. Fox,Nandhakumar Balakrishnan,Marna E. Ericson,V. Hooker,Edward B. Breitschwerdt +5 more
TL;DR: A 6-year-old, female, spayed American Pitbull terrier was presented for progressive lethargy, weakness, and anorexia of 3-weeks duration, and found to have metabolic acidosis and Lyme quantitative C6 ELISA was negative.
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Experimental transmission of Bartonella henselae by the cat flea.
Bruno B Chomel,Rickie W. Kasten,Kim A. Floyd-Hawkins,B Chi,Kazuhiro Yamamoto,J Roberts-Wilson,A N Gurfield,R. C. Abbott,Niels C Pedersen,Jane E. Koehler +9 more
TL;DR: Data demonstrate that the cat flea readily transmits B. henselae to cats, and control of feline infestation with this arthropod vector may provide an important strategy for the prevention of infection of both humans and cats.
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Recommendations for Treatment of Human Infections Caused by Bartonella Species
TL;DR: The in vitro antibiotic susceptibility data and the knowledge of the in vivo efficacies of antibiotics for each clinical manifestation are compiled, and the treatment recommendations are summarized and ranked according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America practice guidelines.
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Rochalimaea elizabethae sp. nov. isolated from a patient with endocarditis.
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TL;DR: Recognition of the procedures required to identify this and other Rochalimaea species suggests that clinical laboratories should prolong the incubation times of cultures of blood and tissue from patients with suspected endocarditis, patients with fever of unknown origin, and immunocompromised patients with Fever so that the full spectrum of disease caused by these organisms can be recognized.
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Bartonella Spp. in Pets and Effect on Human Health
TL;DR: Pets represent a large reservoir for human infection and can be a source of infection for humans and animals alike.
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Blood culture-negative endocarditis in a reference center: etiologic diagnosis of 348 cases.
Pierre Houpikian,Didier Raoult +1 more
TL;DR: The improved clinical presentation and prognosis of the disease observed during the last decades is confirmed, and an evolution could be related to earlier diagnosis due to better physician awareness and more sensitive diagnostic techniques.