%0 Journal Article
%T Utility of Molecular Identification and Quantitation of Bartonella Species with Species-Specific Real-Time PCR for Monitoring Treatment Response: A Case Series
%A Alessio Strazzulla
%A Alfredo Foc¨¤
%A Angela Quirino
%A Angelo G. Lamberti
%A Carlo Torti
%A Chiara Costa
%A Giorgio S. Barreca
%A Giuseppe Greco
%A Maria C. Liberto
%A Maria Mazzitelli
%A Nadia Marascio
%A Vincenzo Pisani
%J Archive of "The Open Microbiology Journal".
%D 2018
%R 10.2174/1874285801812010148
%X Bartonella species are intracellular bacteria capable of producing several diseases in humans. The three most common and wellknown diseases are cat scratch disease (CSD), caused by B. henselae, trench fever, caused by B. quintana and CarrionĄ¯s Disease, caused by B. bacilliformis. Signs and symptoms are very different and aspecific: Fatigue, fever, headache, lymphadenopathy, malaise, loss of weight. No data exist to support guidelinesĄ¯ recommendations to decide which drugs should be optimally used and how long they should be administered. Therefore, a marker of treatment response is needed to guide treatment strategies
%K Molecular identification
%K Quantitation
%K Bartonella species
%K Intracellular bacteria
%K Trench fever
%K Real time PCR
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5997851/