Background Bartonella quintana is a louse-borne bacterium that remains a neglected cause
of endocarditis in low-resource settings. Our understanding of risk factors, clinical …

Homelessness increases the risk of acquiring an infectious disease. We conducted a
systematic review of the literature to identify quantitative data related to infectious diseases …

Eight of the 16 patients in this study resulted in false-positive C burnetii serology.
Analogously, Bartonella serology lacks specificity and cross-reacts between Bartonella …

Background Bartonella spp. are fastidious bacteria frequently identified as the cause of
blood culture-negative (BCN) endocarditis. However, Bartonella infections are difficult to …

Bartonella quintana is a louse-borne gram-negative bacillus that remains a poorly
characterized cause of bacteremia, fever, and infective endocarditis. Due to the link with …

Reviewing Your ABCs - Acute Kidney Injury, Bartonella Endocarditis, and C-ANCA Vasculitis -
The American Journal of Medicine Skip to Main Content Advertisement The American Journal …

Bartonella quintana is a well-known cause of blood culture-negative endocarditis; however,
pulmonary valve involvement is rare. The case of a 40-year-old African male who presented …

Purpose To report the clinical features and treatment course of a case of central retinal vein
occlusion (CRVO) as the initial sign of ocular Bartonella henselae (B. henselae) infection …