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 …

Most infections by genus Bartonella in immunocompromised patients are caused by B.
henselae and B. quintana. Unlike immunocompetent hosts who usually develop milder …

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

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

Given the controversy surrounding the aetiology of cat scratch disease and the association
of both Bartonella henselae and B. quintana with bacillary angiomatosis, a method for the …

Dermatologists are, and should be, prepared to encounter rare diseases and unusual
presentations of common conditions, particularly skin infections in immune-impaired hosts …

Bacillary angiomatosis (BA) is an infectious disease characterized by proliferative vascular
lesions; it mainly affects HIV‐positive patients. Multiple cutaneous nodular lesions together …

Substantial evidence has recently accumulated showing domestic cats to be the principal
reservoirs of Bartonella henselae, the aetiological agent of human diseases including cat …

ABBREVIATIONS. CNS, central nervous system; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; PCR, polymerase
chain reaction; PTA, prior to admission; GTC, generalized tonic clonic; IV, intravenous; bid …

Four Bartonella species cause a variety of emerging infectious diseases in humans that can
be difficult to diagnose. A PCR-based identification system using amplimers designed from …