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Bartonella
(redirected from Bartonella henselae)

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Bartonella /Bar·to·nel·la/ (bahr?to-nel´ah) a genus of the family Bartonellaceae, including B. bacillifor´mis, the etiologic agent of Carrión's disease, and B. hen´selae, the agent of cat-scratch disease.
Bar·ton·el·la (bärtn-l)
n.
A genus of bacteria found in humans and arthropods that multiply in red blood cells and reproduce by binary fission.
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.
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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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