Bartonella Infections
Synonyms
Bartonella Infection
Bartonelloses
Bartonellosis
Carrion Disease
Carrion's Disease
Carrions Disease
Cat Scratch Fever
Cat Scratch Fevers
Disease, Carrion
Disease, Carrion's
Fever, Cat Scratch
Fever, Oroya
Fevers, Cat Scratch
Infection, Bartonella
Infection, Rochalimaea
Infections, Bartonella
Infections, Rochalimaea
Oroya Fever
Rochalimaea Infection
Rochalimaea Infections
Scratch Fever, Cat
Scratch Fevers, Cat
Verruga Peruana
Infections by the genus BARTONELLA. Bartonella bacilliformis can cause acute febrile anemia, designated Oroya fever, and a benign skin eruption, called verruga peruana. BARTONELLA QUINTANA causes TRENCH FEVER, while BARTONELLA HENSELAE is the etiologic agent of bacillary angiomatosis (ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY) and is also one of the causes of CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE in immunocompetent patients.