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| | eMedicine - Bartonellosis : Article by Brian Edwards, MD |
 | | Typically, it involved the skin and was believed to resemble Kaposi sarcoma. | | | The inability to mount an immune response contributes to manifestations observed in immunosuppressed individuals with advanced AIDS and other diseases. | | | Patients who are bacteremic require at least 4 weeks of therapy. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic212.htm
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| | Eye Inflamation In Cats - Bartonellosis - Bartonella |
| | Within the last few years, Dr. William Hardy has found that Bartonella are responsible for many of these perplexing cases. | | | Bartonella or Bartonellosis is diagnosed in cats and humans with the Western Blot test. | | | Bartonella or Bartonellosis is a newly recognized cause of eye disease in cats and people. |
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http://www.2ndchance.info/eyeinflamcats.htm
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| | Hospital Practice: Bartonella Infections |
| | However, to date there is no evidence that fleas transmit the disease directly to humans. | | | Treatment for cat-scratch disease is supportive; macrolide therapy is an appropriate choice for other Bartonella infections. | | | Prevention of Bartonella infection is an important issue in immunosuppressed patients. |
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http://www.hosppract.com/issues/1998/12/celout.htm
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| | Bartonella Infections |
| | Post a question or comment on our Message Board | | | Bartonella infections are an obscure group of diseases to most practitioners of Western medicine. | | | However, the advent of AIDS has thrust this organism into the forefront of infectious disease research. |
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http://www.health-nexus.com/bartonella_infections.htm
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| | Bartonella and Ticks Alert |
| | Bartonella may not present in its usual form when additional infections, such as Lyme or Babesia are present. | | | Bartonella is an intracellular, gram-negative bacteria that can become chronic. | | | Bartonella may also cause subcutaneous nodules, with some bone involvement possible. |
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http://www.lymeinfo.net/bartonella.html
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| | Tick borne diseases - Bartonella |
| | Search the Center for Disease Control, The National Institute of Health or PubMed for more information on Bartonella. | | | Certain species of Bartonella have been associated with disease in humans, most notably, Cat Scratch disease. | | | Severe and chronic infections can occur especially in immunocompromised hosts. |
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http://www.stopticks.org/ticks/bartonella.asp
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| | Minnick |
| | A second area of study, and one that has been integrated into nearly all of our research, is elucidating Bartonella gene structure, function and regulation. | | | Four Bartonella species are currently recognized as emerging infectious agents of human disease and are responsible for several potentially life-threatening illnesses of the circulatory system (e.g., bacillary angiomatosis, hepatis peliosis, endocarditis, etc.). | | | Experimental model of human body louse infection using green fluorescent protein-expressing Bartonella quintana. |
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http://biology.dbs.umt.edu/dbs/Minnick.htm
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| | bartonella |
| | Studies also indicate that some Lyme disease patients are also infected with Bartonella. | | | More serious symptoms include encephalitis, which can result in headaches, dementia, seizures, coma, inflammation of the heart, abdominal pain, bone lesions, and loss of vision. | | | Early symptoms of Bartonella include a red, crusted, elevated skin lesion where the bacteria enters its host (which can mimic the Lyme disease enlarging rash), followed by flu-like symptoms of fever, muscle and joint aches/pains, nausea, vomiting, and chills. |
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http://www.lawestvector.org/bartonella.htm
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| | eMedicine - Catscratch Disease : Article by Joseph R Lex, Jr, MD |
| | Recent development of serological testing has changed diagnostic procedures for the disease. | | | The IFA shows cross-reactivity between B henselae and Bartonella quintana, the cause of bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis hepatitis in patients with HIV-1 infection and trench fever. | | | Accordingly, current theories postulate that CSD is caused by Bartonella henselae, with flea-borne transmission to kittens and a feline reservoir for the disease. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic84.htm
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| | Cat Scratch Fever - Bartonellosis Due To Bartonella henselae |
| | Indoor cats are much less likely to be exposed to Bartonella. | | | This would make Bartonella one of the most common causes of eye inflammation in the United States. | | | Cat scratch fever, Bartonella or bartonellosis may show no symptoms in infected cats. |
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http://www.2ndchance.info/catscratch.htm
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| | Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Coxiella and Bartonella |
| | To describe the pathogenesis, epidemiology and clinical syndromes associated with Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Coxiella and Bartonella | | | The infection can occur as either an acute febrile anemia (Oroya fever) or as a chronic cutaneous eruption (Verruga peruana). | | | They are found in many different animals but they cause no apparent disease in animals. |
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http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mayer/ricketsia.htm
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Cat scratch disease |
| | Recently however, the Bartonella henselae IFA test was shown to be highly sensitive and specific for the detection of infection caused by Bartonella henselae and for the diagnosis of cat scratch disease. | | | The disease is spread through contact with an infected cat, as a result of a cat bite or scratch, or contact with cat saliva on broken skin or the conjunctiva of the eye. | | | Cat scratch disease is an infectious illness caused by the bacteria Bartonella, believed to be transmitted by cat scratches, bites, or exposure to cat saliva. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001614.htm
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