ALLMedicine™ Trench Fever Center

Apr 1st, 2022 - Trench fever is a louse-borne disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Bartonella quintana and observed originally in military populations during World Wars I and II. Symptoms are an acute, recurring febrile illness, occasionally with a rash....

Apr 1st, 2022 - Trench fever is a louse-borne disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Bartonella quintana and observed originally in military populations during World Wars I and II. Symptoms are an acute, recurring febrile illness, occasionally with a rash....

Mar 9th, 2022 - Background Bartonellosis comprises infections caused by pathogens in the genus Bartonella. [1] In 1909, AL Barton described organisms that adhered to RBCs. The name Bartonia, later Bartonella bacilliformis, was used for the only member of the grou...

Mar 9th, 2022 - Background Bartonellosis comprises infections caused by pathogens in the genus Bartonella. [1] In 1909, AL Barton described organisms that adhered to RBCs. The name Bartonia, later Bartonella bacilliformis, was used for the only member of the grou...

May 28th, 2021 - Since the early 1900s, Bartonella species were known only to cause human disease resulting from very restricted geographic (bartonellosis) or environmental influences ("trench fever"). In the 1990s, and in parallel, cat scratch disease and bacilla...

Jun 7th, 2007 - Action Points Explain to interested patients that this study reports on the isolation of a new pathogen, found after a woman became ill. Note that it's still not known whether the pathogen ordinarily is found in animals or insects or how humans be...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract This article aims to provide an overview of the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment for lice infestations in children. Management of the condition by parents in the home is presented, as well as ways to prevent sp...