Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Dec;30(12):2459-2466. doi: 10.3201/eid3012.240389.
Louseborne Bartonella quintana infections in the United States occur almost exclusively among persons experiencing homelessness because of inadequate access to hygiene resources. Homelessness is increasing, and persons experiencing homelessness can be organ donors, despite barriers to receiving donated organs themselves. Recent reports have documented B. quintana transmission via organs transplanted from donors who had recently experienced homelessness. Those reports demonstrate the threat of severe bartonellosis in immunosuppressed organ transplant recipients after donor-derived B. quintana infection. Addressing the root causes of B. quintana transmission could improve the quality of life for persons experiencing homelessness and simultaneously mitigate risk for donor-derived B. quintana transmission. Interventions include improved access to housing, consistent access to hot water for showers and laundry, early treatment of body lice infestation and B. quintana infection, and B. quintana testing and prophylactic treatment of recipients of organs from donors who have experienced risk factors for B. quintana, including homelessness.
在美国,由于卫生资源获取不足,虱子传播的巴尔通体 quintana 感染几乎仅发生在无家可归者中。无家可归者的人数正在增加,尽管他们自身接受捐赠器官存在障碍,但这些人也可以成为器官捐献者。最近的报告记录了通过最近经历过无家可归的捐赠者移植的器官传播 B. quintana。这些报告表明,在捐赠者源性 B. quintana 感染后,免疫抑制的器官移植受者可能会患上严重的巴尔通体病。解决 B. quintana 传播的根本原因可以提高无家可归者的生活质量,同时降低因捐赠者源性 B. quintana 传播而导致的风险。干预措施包括改善住房获取、持续获得热水用于淋浴和洗衣、早期治疗体虱感染和 B. quintana 感染,以及对来自经历过 B. quintana 感染风险因素(包括无家可归)的捐赠者的器官受者进行 B. quintana 检测和预防性治疗。
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