Table 1.
Classification | Human diseases | ||||
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Bartonella species | Reservoir host | Accidental host | Vector | Systemic manifestations | Ocular manifestations |
B. henselae | Cats | Human, dog | Cat flea, ticks?, biting flies? | CSD, FUO, hepatosplenic abscesses, neurologic manifestations, endocarditis, myocarditis, glomerulonephritis, pseudomalignancy, osteomyelitis, BA, BP | POGS, Neuroretinitis, retinitis, choroiditis, intermediate uveitis, vascular occlusions, vasculitis, iridocyclitis, angiomatous lesions |
B. quintana | Human | Cat, dog, monkey | Human body louse, cat flea, ticks? | Trench fever, endocarditis, BA, lymphadenopathy | Neuroretinitis, POGS, retinitis, vasculitis, anterior, intermediate and posterior uveitis |
B. grahamii | Rodent | Human | Rodent flea | Neuroretinitis, retinitis, vasculitis, papillitis, anterior and posterior uveitis, retinal vascular occlusion | |
B. elizabethae | Rodent | Human, dog | Rodent flea | Endocarditis | Neuroretinitis |
Abbreviations: CSD, cat scratch disease; FUO, fever of unknown origin; BA, bacillary angiomatosis; BP, bacillary peliosis; POGS, Parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome.