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Species of bacterium

Bartonella elizabethae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Bartonellaceae
Genus: Bartonella
Species: B. elizabethae
Binomial name
Bartonella elizabethae
Daly et al., 1993

Bartonella elizabethae, formerly known as Rochalimaea elizabethae, is a bacterium in the genus Bartonella. Like other Bartonella species, it causes the diseases bartonellosis.

Although the illnesses caused by Bartonella species other than the most common human pathogens — B. bacilliformis, B. quintana, and B. henselae — are not well-characterized individually, severe forms of bartonellosis present with endocarditis, lymphadenopathy, and neuroretinitis. As with other Bartonella species, it can cause disease in animals, and the reservoirs of B. elizabethae include dogs and rats.

B. elizabethae, like other rodent-borne Bartonella species, represents an emerging public health threat, especially in urban areas where rats are endemic. Humans are an incidental host for the pathogen — direct transmission from dogs to humans is not well attested, and most human cases are contracted from ticks serving as a vector. In cities, marginalized populations face greater risks: a 1992 study of the prevalence of bloodborne pathogens among homeless intravenous drug users in Los Angeles found an overall prevalence of 12.5% in this population.

References

  1. Daly JS, Worthington MG, Brenner DJ, Moss CW, Hollis DG, Weyant RS, et al. (April 1993). "Rochalimaea elizabethae sp. nov. isolated from a patient with endocarditis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 31 (4): 872–881. doi:10.1128/JCM.31.4.872-881.1993. PMC 263580. PMID 7681847.
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  3. Mexas AM, Hancock SI, Breitschwerdt EB (December 2002). "Bartonella henselae and Bartonella elizabethae as potential canine pathogens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 40 (12): 4670–4674. doi:10.1128/jcm.40.12.4670-4674.2002. PMC 154595. PMID 12454170.
  4. ^ Cheslock MA, Embers ME (April 2019). "Human Bartonellosis: An Underappreciated Public Health Problem?". Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 4 (2): 69. doi:10.3390/tropicalmed4020069. PMC 6630881. PMID 31010191.
  5. Smith HM, Reporter R, Rood MP, Linscott AJ, Mascola LM, Hogrefe W, et al. (December 2002). "Prevalence study of antibody to ratborne pathogens and other agents among patients using a free clinic in downtown Los Angeles". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 186 (11): 1673–1676. doi:10.1086/345377. PMID 12447746.

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Bartonella elizabethae

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