Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Perspective
Potential for Tick-borne Bartonelloses
Table 2
Evidence of Bartonella spp. infection in persons after tick bite
Agent | Tick species | Tick bite | Animal contact | Clinical manifestation | Year | Reference |
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B. henselae | Unknown | Yes | No cat | Fever, myalgia, arthralgia, headaches, and light sensitivity | 1992 | (32) |
B. henselae | Unknown | Yes | Cat | Fever, myalgia, arthralgia, headaches, and light sensitivity | 1992 | (32) |
B. henselae | Unknown | Yes | Cats and kitten | Cat-scratch disease signs | 1993 | (33) |
B. henselae, Borrelia burgdorferi | Possibly Ixodes scapularis | Yes | Not mentioned | Low-grade fever, headaches, fatigue, knee arthralgia, and insomnia | 2001 | (28) |
B. henselae, B. burgdorferi | Possibly I. scapularis | Yes | Not mentioned | Fever, headache, dizziness, fatigue, and arthralgia | 2001 | (28) |
B. henselae, B. burgdorferi | Unknown | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Meningitis | 2003 | (34) |
B. henselae or B. quintana seroreactive | Unknown | Yes | Not mentioned | Fever | 2003 | (35) |
B. burgdorferi, B. henselae, B. quintana | Unknown | Yes | Not mentioned | Fever | 2003 | (35) |
Bartonella spp. closely related to B. henselae, B. quintana | Unknown | Yes | 2005 | (36) | ||
B. henselae and/or B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii* | Unknown | Yes | Cats, dogs, potentially other animal species | Fatigue, insomnia, arthralgia, myalgia, headache, and/or tremors | 2007 | (37) |
B. henselae, and/or B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii† | Unknown | Yes | Cats, dogs, other animal species | Seizures, ataxia, memory loss, tremors, fatigue, and/or headaches | 2008 | (9) |
*Patients were also seroreactive to B. henselae and/or B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii.
†Patients were also seroreactive to B. henselae, B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, and/or B. quintana.
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