TABLE 1.
Species, subspecies, or Candidatus species of Bartonella confirmed by molecular methods to infect humans
Species | Clinical outcome(s) | Reference(s) or source |
---|---|---|
B. bacilliformis | Oroya fever, verruga peruana | 6 |
B. quintana | Bacillary angiomatosis, trench fever, bacteremia | 34 |
B. henselae | Cat scratch disease, endocarditis, bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatis, bacteremia | 7–9 |
B. elizabethae | Fever, endocarditis | 35 |
B. grahamii | Cat scratch disease (lymphadenopathy, reddish papule, abscess) | 36 |
B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii | Endocarditis, arthritis, neurological disease, and epithelioid hemangioendothelioma | 33 |
B. koehlerae | Anxiety, severe headaches, muscle spasms, decreased peripheral vision, and hallucinations | 37 |
B. alsatica | Fever, lymphadenitis, and endocarditis | 38 |
B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis | Fatigue, headache, and myalgias | 39 |
B. washoensis | Meningitis | 40 |
B. rochalimae | Bacteremia, fever, and splenomegaly | 24 |
B. tamiae | Fever, headache, myalgia, maculopapular rash, petechial rash in arms and legs, abnormalities in liver function | 41 |
B. melophagia | Dry cough, fatigue, muscle pain, and severe chills | 42 |
B. mayotimonensisa | Endocarditis | 43 |
B. volans (including volans-like) | Symptoms uncertain | 44 |
B. clarridgeiae | Asymptomatic | This report |
Candidate species in the genus Bartonella.