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They cause several uncommon diseases: cat-scratch disease, an acute febrile anemia, a chronic cutaneous eruption, and disseminated disease in immunocompromised hosts (see Table 1: Gram-Negative Bacilli: Some Bartonella Infections).
bartonella infections
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Infections by the genus bartonella. Bartonella bacilliformis can cause acute febrile anaemia, designated oroya fever, and a benign skin eruption, called verruga peruana.
Diagnosis of Bartonella infections can be confirmed by detection of antibodies in patient's serum, by histo¬pathological examination of lymph nodes or tissue biopsy of skin, liver, or other affected organs, ...
Bartonella infections ... gastrointestinal bleeding, enlarged spleen, abdominal pain
Bartonellosis ... gastrointestinal bleeding, enlarged spleen
Bartonellosis due to Bartonella quintana infection ... enlarged spleen, gastrointestinal symptoms ...
Cat Scratch Disease (CSD), or Cat Scratch Fever, is caused by a bite or scratch ... Cat scratch disease and other zoonotic Bartonella infections. ...
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 See also: Fever, Infections, Symptom, Bacterial, Anemia
  
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