In recent years, an increasing number of Bartonella species have been identified as
zoonotic pathogens that are transmitted by animal bites or scratches, needle sticks, blood …

Bartonella species have become recognized as substantial human pathogens associated
with a wide spectrum of diseases. Four members of the genus are known to cause human …

Historically, Bartonella spp. have been associated with febrile illness (Oroya fever, trench
fever, and cat scratch disease), endocarditis (numerous Bartonella spp.), and …

Members of the genus Bartonella cause illnesses in humans and animals. Bartonella spp.
are gram-negative, fastidious, facultative, intracellular pathogens transmitted by the bites of …

The genus Bartonella consists of globally distributed and highly diverse alpha-
proteobacteria that infect a wide-range of mammals. Medically, Bartonella spp. constitute …

Members of the genus Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea) were virtually unknown to modern-
day clinicians and microbiologists until they were associated with opportunistic infections in …

It has been nearly two decades since the discovery of Bartonella as an agent of bacillary
angiomatosis in AIDS patients and persistent bacteremia and 'nonculturable'endocarditis in …

Recently, Bartonella, a genus comprised of fastidious, Gram-negative, intracellular bacteria,
has rapidly expanded from approximately 4–5 species in the 1990s to 30–40 named or …

Bartonellae are emerging vector‑borne pathogens distributed worldwide that can cause
various clinical symptoms in humans and animals, ranging from a mild flu‑like illness to …

Prior to 1993, Bartonella bacilliformis was the only member of the Bartonella genus. Now,
the genus Bartonella currently contains over 30 species of Gram-negative bacteria that …