Bartonella henselae neuroretinitis in a 15-year-old girl with chronic myelogenous leukemia

Macular findings on optical coherence tomography in cat-scratch disease neuroretinitis

“…[3][4][5] Disseminated CSD may involve the eye and cause vision-threatening manifestations, including neuroretinitis, optic neuritis, retinitis, choroiditis, anterior uveitis, vitritis, branch retinal arteriolar and venular occlusions, vasculitis, and peripapillary angiomatosis. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] In 1970, Sweeney and Drance 22 were first to find a connection between CSD and the appearance of neuroretinitis. Since then, numerous reports had been published on cases of neuroretinitis in CSD and it is the most common posterior segment complication of CSD.…”

Is Bartonella sp. infection relevant in hematological malignancies in HIV-negative patients? A literature review

“…diagnosis, similar to our patient. Fourteen of the patients reported were treated with antibiotics for long periods with remission, and one of them died of the malignancy before he could be treated [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] . A summary of the findings is available in Table 1 [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] .…”

European Network for Neglected Vectors and Vector-Borne Infections COST Action Guidelines: What Is This About and What Is This For?

“…Sand flies, lice, fleas, biting flies (e.g., Hippoboscidae, Muscidae), and ticks are among the arthropods associated with Bartonella transmission and/or infection (Cotté et al 2008, Chomel et al 2009, Tsai et al 2011. Special attention has been given to this bacterial genus due to the pathogenicity exhibited by many of its species, including the two anthropogenic bartonellae (Bartonella bacilliformis and Bartonella quintana) and the zoonotic species (e.g., Bartonella henselae, Bartonella grahamii, Bartonella elizabethae, Bartonella koehlerae and Bartonella rochalimae) (Daly et al 1993, Avidor et al 2004, Eremeeva et al 2007, Lydy et al 2008, Irshad and Gordon 2009, Chomel and Kasten 2010, Ramdial et al 2012, Oksi et al 2013.…”