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Bartonella
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Bartonella [‚bärt·ən′el·ə]
(microbiology)
A genus of the family Bartonellaceae; parasites in or on red blood cells and within fixed tissue cells; found in humans and in the arthropod genusPhlebotomus.


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Bartonella henselae is the zoonotic agent of cat-scratch disease and has been associated with bacillary angiomatosis, bacillary peliosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and neuroretinitis (1).
Serologies for syphilis (rapid plasma reagin), HIV, EBV, Coccidoides immitis, and Bartonella henselae were negative.
Research so far has failed to show the growth of Bartonella henselae in cat saliva.
 
 
 
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