Open AccessNeurological and immunological dysfunction in two patients with Bartonella henselae bacteremia
Author(s) -
Kaufman David L.,
Kogelnik Andreas M.,
Mozayeni Robert B.,
Cherry Natalie A.,
Breitschwerdt Edward B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.977
Subject(s) - medicine , bartonella henselae , bacteremia , bartonella , bartonellosis , cat scratch disease , immunology , intensive care medicine , virology , pathology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , disease , serology , antibody , biology
Key Clinical Message Recently, BAPGM enrichment culture has documented Bartonella bacteremia in previously healthy, “nonimmunocompromised” patients following arthropod exposures. Neurobartonellosis should be among the differential diagnoses for patients with persistent or recurrent neurological symptoms of undetermined etiology. Microbiological and immunological testing should be concurrently pursued to determine whether defective immune function accompanies Bartonella bacteremia.