What do we (not) know about the human bartonelloses?



Título del documento: What do we (not) know about the human bartonelloses?
Revista: The brazilian journal of infectious diseases
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000290792
ISSN: 1413-8670
Autores: 1



Instituciones: 1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Feb
Volumen: 7
Número: 1
Paginación: 01-06
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Caso clínico
Resumen en inglés The human bartonelloses are a group of diseases with a rapidly increasing clinical spectrum. Well known manifestations such as Carrion's disease, trench fever, cat-scratch disease, and bacillary angiomatosis are examples of Bartonella spp. infection. Along with these diseases, recurrent bacteremia, endocarditis, septicemia, erythema nodosum, erythema multiforme, trombocytopenic purpura and other syndromes have been reported having been caused by bacteria of this genus. The infectious process and the pathogenesis of these microorganisms are poorly understood. The bartonelloses may have a benign and self-limited evolution in a host, or a potentially fatal one. These bacteria can provoke a granulomatous or an angioproliferative histopathologic response. As these diseases are not yet well defined, we have reviewed the four main human bartonelloses and have examined unclear points about these emergent diseases
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Dermatología,
Diagnóstico,
Microbiología,
Bartonella,
Enfermedad de Carrión,
Fiebre de las trincheras,
Enfermedad por arañazo de gato,
Angiomatosis bacilar
Keyword: Medicine,
Dermatology,
Diagnosis,
Microbiology,
Bartonella,
Carrion disease,
Trench fever,
Cat scratch disease,
Bacillary angiomatosis
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