Bartonella (redirected from Bartonella infections)

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.

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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.

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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.

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Bartonella henselae

causes cat-scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, and endocarditis in humans.