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. 2011 Jun 16;5:817–829. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S20157

Table 1.

Bartonella species found to cause systemic and ocular manifestations

Classification Human diseases
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.