Bartonella Flashcards
What bartonella species causes in overall?
Vasoproliferative lesions
What bartonella species causes cat scratch disease ?
B.hensale
Severity of CSD depand on ?
Immunity state of person
What B.hensale cause in immune compromised people?
Bacillary angiomatosis
Parinaud oculoglandular syndrome
Which species transported by human body louse ?
B.Quintana
What diseases caused by B.Quintana ?
1-trench fever 2-endocarditis 3-chronic bacteremia 4-lymphadenopathy 5-bacillary angiomatosis
What species causes bacillary angiomatosis ?
B.hensalae
B.Quintana
What distinguishing features of B.bacilliformis ?
Motile ,flagellated , facultative intracellular , aerobics, polymorphic, coccobacillary
How B.bacilliformis transmitted?
By phlebotomine sand flies
What diseases caused by B.bacilliformis ?
Acute phase ,,,,,oroya fever or carrrion syndrome
Chronic phase ……Peruvian wart or verruga peruana