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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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Experimentally induced Bartonella henselae infections followed by challenge exposure and antimicrobial therapy in cats
TL;DR: Long-duration, high-titer B henselae infections were highly reproducible in cats and Convalescent cats were immune to reinfection.
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Coyotes (Canis latrans) as the reservoir for a human pathogenic Bartonella sp.: molecular epidemiology of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii infection in coyotes from central coastal California.
C. C. Chang,Rickie W. Kasten,Bruno B Chomel,Darren C. Simpson,Carrie M. Hew,Dorsey L. Kordick,R. Heller,Yves Piémont,Edward B. Breitschwerdt +8 more
TL;DR: Findings suggest coyotes from central coastal California could be the wildlife reservoir of B. vinsonii subsp.
CASE REPORTS First Isolation of Bartonella alsatica from a Valve of a Patient with Endocarditis
TL;DR: The first documented case of endocarditis in a man infected with Bartonella alsatica, which causes bacteremia in healthy wild rabbits is reported, which should be added to the list of zoonotic agents of blood culture-negativeendocarditis.
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Molecular and serologic evidence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in cats in North America.
Michael R. Lappin,Edward B. Breitschwerdt,Wayne A. Jensen,Bridget Dunnigan,Ji-Yeun Rha,C. Rogers Williams,Melissa Brewer,Majilinde Z. Fall +7 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that infection with the organism may be associated with clinical illness in some cats, and this is the first report of A. phagocytophilum infection of domestic cats in North America.
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Cat-scratch disease in Hawaii: etiology and seroepidemiology.
Denise M. Demers,James W. Bass,Judy M. Vincent,Donald A. Person,Diane K. Noyes,Cathy M. Staege,Curt P. Samlaska,Neal H. Lockwood,Russell L. Regnery,Burt E. Anderson +9 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that CSD in Hawaii is due to B. henselae and that infection is directly linked to the scratch or bite of a kitten, and that FNA is seldom helpful in confirming the diagnosis.