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Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea)
Pathology:
- etiologic agents of cat scratch disease & trench fever
- culture-negative endocarditis
Laboratory:
- Bartonella serology
- Bartonella in blood
- Bartonella DNA
- Bartonella identified by culture
- small gram negative rod
- see ARUP consult [2]
Specific
Bartonella bacilliformis (Oroya fever, Carrion's disease)
Bartonella elizabethae
Bartonella henselae (Rochalimaea henselae)
Bartonella quintana (Rochalimaea quintana)
Bartonella vinsonii (Rochalimaea vinsonii)
General
Bartonellaceae
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- ARUP Consult: Bartonella Species - Bartonellosis
The Physician's Guide to Laboratory Test Selection & Interpretation
https://www.arupconsult.com/content/bartonella-species
- NEJM Knowledge+ Complex Medical Care