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Bartonella henselae

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Bartonella henselae,
the etiologic agent of cat-scratch fever. Feline infection results in chronic asymptomatic bacteremia, which may last up to 17 months. Approximately 40% of cats are infected with the organism. Most human infections occur between September and February and follow a cat bite or scratch.
Bartonella
a genus of gram-negative, coccoid or rod-shaped bacteria in the family Bartonellaceae. B. bacilliformis is the cause of Oroya fever or Carrión's disease in humans and occasionally dogs, in South America.
Bartonella henselae
causes cat-scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, and endocarditis in humans.
Bartonella henselae
Rochalimaea henselae Infectious disease A slender, fastidious coccobacillary bacterium of the normal flora of cats associated with bacteremia, endocarditis, cat-scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatis; it may affect HIV-infected and immunocompetent Pts, causing persistent or relapsing fever; B henselae and B quintana have been linked to bacillary angiomatosis. See Bacillary angiomatosis.


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Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of Bartonella quintana and Bartonella henselae endocarditis: a study of 48 patients.
Bartonella quintana endocarditis in dogs by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Cat-scratch disease is a febrile lymphadenopathy often seen in children following exposure to Bartonella henselae.
Neck abscess secondary to cat-scratch disease by Eisenbeis, John F. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The most commonly identified infectious agent was Bartonella henselae (245 patients, 31.
Lymph node biopsy specimens and diagnosis of cat-scratch disease by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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