Maurin M, Raoult D
Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UPRES A 6020, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.
Curr Opin Infect Dis. 1998 Apr;11(2):189-93.
Bartonella species are emerging pathogens. Renewed interest in this group of bacteria has been highlighted by the recent description of new species, which are pathogenic for humans (Bartonella elizabethae and Bartonella clarridgeae), and their association with an increasing number of clinical manifestations, the more prevalent being cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, and culture-negative endocarditis.
巴尔通体属细菌是新出现的病原体。对这类细菌重新产生的兴趣因近期新物种的描述而凸显，这些新物种对人类具有致病性（伊丽莎白巴尔通体和克拉里奇巴尔通体），并且它们与越来越多的临床表现相关联，其中较为常见的是猫抓病、杆菌性血管瘤病和血培养阴性的心内膜炎。
