Enfermedades causadas por "Bartonella" sp
- Juan Carlos Cerro del Pozo 1
- Manuel Fernández García 1
- Pedro Galán García 1
- Isabel Gutiérrez Navalón 1
- Lidia Sánchez Ramos 1
- José Vicente Saz Pérez dir. 1
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Universidad de Alcalá
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- Cuadros González, Juan (dir.)
- Gegúndez Cámara, María Isabel (dir.)
- Florido Calleja, María Jesús (ed. lit.)
- Consuelo Giménez Pardo (dir.)
- María Rosario González Palacios (dir.)
- Lourdes Lledó García (dir.)
- Juan Romanyk (dir.)
- José Vicente Saz Pérez (dir.)
Publisher: Editorial Universidad de Alcalá ; Universidad de Alcalá
ISBN: 9788416599493
Year of publication: 2017
Pages: 175-186
Type: Book chapter
Abstract
Bartonella quintana is a bacteria that causes a disease known as “trench fever”, described since World War I. This bacteria mainly affects people living in unfavo- rable hygienic conditions, being able to cause them trench fever, chronic bacteremia, bacillary angiomatosis and endocarditis. The only known vector for this bacteria is the human body louse (Pediculushumanus variety corporis) that parasitize humans. Also noteworthy, is the existence of other species of Bartonella, such as B. henselae, B. bacilliforme and clarridgeiae, which can also cause diseases in humans.The diagnosis of the diseases caused by these bacterias can be done by serology, molecular biology detection and cultivation. It has been demonstrated sensitivity to a wide spectrum of antibiotics, however the current treatment is not standardized, being different depending on the clinical triggered by the pathogen. There are new lines of research based on the sequencing of the genome of the bacterium that seek to make effective therapeutic targets.