Bartonella Taxa associated with infection - B. bacilliformis, B. clarridgeiae, B. elizabethae, B henselae, B. quintana, B. vinsonii arupensis Reported infections - Oroya fever and verruga peruana (B. bacilliformis), cat scratch disease (B. henselae), bacillary angiomatosis (B. henselae, B. quintana), trench fever (B. quintana), endocarditis (B. elizebethae), bacteraemia (B. vinsonii arupensis). Reported susceptibilities and treatments - chloramphenicol or streptomycin (B. bacilliformis), aminoglycosides, doxytetracycline (cat scratch disease, trench fever, bacillary angiomatosis), ceftriaxone (B. vinsonii arupensis) Notes - cat scratch disease is associated also with Afipia felis References - Ellis et al. (1999). An outbreak of acute bartonellosis (Oroya fever) in the Urubamba region of Peru, 1998. Am. J. trop. Med. Hyg. 61, 344-349. - Daly et al. (1993). Rochalimaea elizebethae sp. nov. isolated from a patient with endocarditis. J. clin. Micro. 31, 872-881. - Regnery et al. (1992). Serological response to "Rochalimaea henselae" antigen in suspected cat-scratch disease. Lancet. 339, 1443-1445. - Relman et al. (1990). The agent of bacillary angiomatosis: an approach to the identification of uncultured pathogens. New Eng. J. Med. 323, 1573-1580. - Koeler et al. (1992). Isolation of Rochalimaea species from cutaneous and osseous lesions of bacillary angiomatosis. New Eng. J. Med. 327, 1625-1631. - Welch, D.F., Carroll, K.C., Hofmeister, E.K., Persing, D.H., Robison, D.A., Steigerwalt, A.G., Brenner, D.J. 1999 Isolation of a new subspecies, Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis, from a cattle rancher: identity with isolates found in conjunction with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti among naturally infected mice. J. clin. Microbiol. 37, 2598-2601.
