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Post by Admin on Sept 27, 2018 11:39:15 GMT -5
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30250981Format: AbstractSend to Med Microbiol Immunol. 2018 Sep 24. doi: 10.1007/s00430-018-0563-0. [Epub ahead of print] Bartonella quintana and Bartonella vinsonii subsp. vinsonii bloodstream co-infection in a girl from North Carolina, USA. Breitschwerdt EB1, Maggi RG2. Author information Abstract The genus Bartonella consists of globally distributed and highly diverse alpha-proteobacteria that infect a wide-range of mammals. Medically, Bartonella spp. constitute emerging, vector-borne, zoonotic, intravascular organisms that induce long-lasting bacteremia in reservoir-adapted (passive carrier of a microorganism) hosts. At times, these bacteria are accidentally transmitted by animal scratches, bites, needles sticks or vectors to animal or human hosts. We report the first documented human case of blood stream infection with Bartonella vinsonii subsp. vinsonii in a girl from North Carolina, USA, who was co-infected with Bartonella quintana. Limitations of Bartonella spp. serology and the challenges of microbiological culture and molecular diagnostic confirmation of co-infection with more than one Bartonella spp. are discussed. When and where these infections were acquired is unknown; however, exposure to rodents, fleas and cats in the peri-equestrian environment was a suspected source for transmission of both organisms. KEYWORDS: Bacteria; Bartonella quintana; Bartonella vinsonii subsp. vinsonii; Equestrian; Vector PMID: 30250981 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-018-0563-0
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Post by Admin on Sept 27, 2018 16:24:56 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Sept 27, 2018 16:25:52 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2018 0:38:59 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Oct 2, 2018 5:08:57 GMT -5
It should be noted that my cleaning habits have always been much cleaner than most folks and then after I became ill it went on overdrive
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Post by Admin on Oct 31, 2018 9:12:04 GMT -5
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