RESUMO
Infections with organisms of the genus Bartonella, for many years important only in South and Central America, have assumed significance in developing countries, especially in conjunction with the advent of the pandemic of the human immunodeficiency virus infection. New molecular and culture techniques have determined that these organisms cause new diseases such as bacillary angiomatosis as well as diseases the etiology of which have been unknown such as cat scratch disease. In this article, the microbiology, pathogenesis, histopathology and clinical manifestations of diseases caused by these organisms are discussed.
Assuntos
Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/microbiologia , Angiomatose Bacilar/microbiologia , Infecções por Bartonella/microbiologia , Bartonella/isolamento & purificação , Doença da Arranhadura de Gato/microbiologia , Febre das Trincheiras/microbiologia , Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/epidemiologia , Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/patologia , Adulto , Angiomatose Bacilar/epidemiologia , Angiomatose Bacilar/patologia , Animais , Infecções por Bartonella/epidemiologia , Infecções por Bartonella/patologia , Doença da Arranhadura de Gato/epidemiologia , Doença da Arranhadura de Gato/patologia , Gatos , América Central/epidemiologia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Fatores de Risco , América do Sul/epidemiologia , Febre das Trincheiras/epidemiologia , Febre das Trincheiras/patologiaRESUMO
Bacillary angiomatosis is a recently recognized bacterial infectious disease that is seen mainly in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Including this publication, 45 patients have been described in the medical literature. In this report we describe examples of the clinical presentations of bacillary angiomatosis and review therapeutic strategies.