A new bacterium: Rochalimaea

Originally limited to trench fever, infections due to Rochalimaea now comprise manifestations particular to patients with human immunodeficiency virus (bacillary angiomatosis and hepatic peliosis), but also manifestations as diverse as isolated fever, septicaemia, endocarditis, lymphocytic meningiti...

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Published inLa revue du praticien Vol. 44; no. 7; p. 865
Main Authors Maurin, M, Stein, A, Raoult, D
Format Magazine Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.04.1994
Subjects
Alphaproteobacteria - classification
Alphaproteobacteria - isolation & purification
Angiomatosis, Bacillary - drug therapy
Angiomatosis, Bacillary - microbiology
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bartonella - classification
Bartonella - isolation & purification
Cat-Scratch Disease - drug therapy
Cat-Scratch Disease - microbiology
Humans
Peliosis Hepatis - drug therapy
Peliosis Hepatis - microbiology
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Summary:Originally limited to trench fever, infections due to Rochalimaea now comprise manifestations particular to patients with human immunodeficiency virus (bacillary angiomatosis and hepatic peliosis), but also manifestations as diverse as isolated fever, septicaemia, endocarditis, lymphocytic meningitis, or central neurological disorders, in immunodepressed or immunocompetent subjects. The involvement of Rochalimaea in cat-scratch fever remains debated. Microbiological analysis used for diagnosis has been modified to allow isolation of these new bacteria, whose culture is slow and difficult, in the course of the above-cited clinical manifestations, which should further extend the range of Rochalimaea infections.
ISSN:0035-2640