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

5. To be aware of atypical manifestations of catscratch disease such as oculoglandular
syndrome of Perinaud, persistent fever without apparent cause with or without liver/spleen …

Shortly after adopting a 6-week-old cat, a veterinarian was bitten on the left index finger.
Within 3 weeks, he developed headache, fever, and left axillary lymphadenopathy. Initial …

Bartonella quintana and Bartonella henselae are fastidious gram-negative bacteria
responsible for bacillary angiomatosis, trench fever, cat scratch disease, and endocarditis …

Abstract Drs. Koehler and Tappero have extensively reviewed the problem of rochalimaea
infection in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Species of …

Bartonella bacilliformis is the bacterial agent of Carrión's disease and is presumed to be
transmitted between humans by phlebotomine sand flies. Carrión's disease is endemic to …

In 1982 a 32-year-old married bricklayer was admitted to a hospital in Rochester, New York,
because of fever and subcutaneous nodules. The nodules were firm, 2 to 6 cm in diameter …

Background.—Recent studies have demonstrated that a newly described agent of persistent
bacteremia, Rochalimaea henselae, and the agent of bacillary angiomatosis are both …

Bartonella is a Gram-negative pathogen that is unique among bacteria in being able to
induce angioproliferative lesions. Cultured human endothelial cells have provided an in vitro …

Objectives: To report seven cases of bacillary angiomatosis; to evaluate the most useful
diagnostic tools; to analyse the clinical and epidemiological features associated with …