RT Book, Section
A1 Berger, Timothy G.
A1 Bravo, Francisco G.
A2 Goldsmith, Lowell A.
A2 Katz, Stephen I.
A2 Gilchrest, Barbara A.
A2 Paller, Amy S.
A2 Leffell, David J.
A2 Wolff, Klaus
SR Print(0)
ID 56083103
T1 Chapter 182. Bartonellosis
T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-166904-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56083103
RD 2024/04/25
AB |PrintBartonellosis  at  a  GlanceCat-scratch  disease,  trench  fever/bacteremia,  bacillary  angiomatosis,  and  Carrion  disease  are  all  caused  by  different  species  of  the  Bartonella  family.Bartonella  sp.  are  able  to  live  inside  erythrocytes,  explaining  the  presence  of  bacteremia  in  many  of  the  clinical  conditions.Bartonella  bacilliformis  are  the  primary  host  for  humans.  Immunocompetent  patients  develop  a  systemic  disease  and  an  eruptive  phase.Cat-scratch  disease  is  mainly  a  zoonosis.  Infected  humans  will  mostly  develop  a  lumphocutaneous  syndrome.Bacillary  angiomatosis,  which  is  analogous  to  the  eruptive  phase  of  Carrion  disease,  mostly  occurs  in  immunosuppressed  hosts,  especially  acquired  immunodeficiency  syndrome  patients.Diagnosis  often  made  by  histologic  examination  or  serology  due  to  the  difficulty  in  culturing  these  bacteria.