Despite many clinical descriptions (750 by the early 1980s)/the etiological agent remained
elusive. Various organisms have b een implicated since the early 1900s, including viruses …

Human infections due to Bartonella species have been recognized since pre-Colombian
times. Depictions of the cutaneous phase of infection with Bartonella bacilliformis, called …

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

Purpose To characterize cat‐scratch disease (CSD) ocular manifestations and visual
outcome and evaluate the effect of systemic antibiotics and corticosteroids on final visual …

Our study was initiated by previous isolation of 30 imipenem-resistant, gram-negative rods
from 7 of 16 US rivers sampled from 1999 to 2001. Imipenem hydrolysis was detected in 22 …

The most likely animal source of a human case of cardiac disease in Washoe County, Nev.,
was identified by comparison of DNA sequences of three genes (citrate synthase gltA, 60 …

Caroline Sabin and colleagues raise concerns about potential survivorship bias owing to
inappropriate treatment group allocation. However, the scenario outlined in their comments …

Clinical isolate Acinetobacter baumannii CLA-1 was resistant to a series of antibiotic
molecules, including carbapenems. Cloning and expression of the β-lactamase gene …

Although the carbapenem-hydrolyzing β-lactamase (CHβL) BlaB-1 is known to be in
Chryseobacterium meningosepticum NCTC 10585, a second CHβL gene, bla GOB-1, was …

Cat scratch disease (CSD) is mostly due to Bartonella henselae after inoculation of the
organism through a skin injury. Since the causative bacteria cannot be easily cultured from …