scholarly journals Unraveling Mysteries Associated with Cat-Scratch Disease, Bacillary Angiomatosis, and Related Syndromes

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Regnery ◽  
Jordan Tappero
Keyword(s):  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Bacillary Angiomatosis

Bacillary Angiomatosis

1995 ◽  
Vol 104 (8) ◽  
pp. 668-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G. Batsakis ◽  
Jae Y. Ro ◽  
Elizabeth E. Frauenhoffer
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Opportunistic Infections ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Bacterial Agent ◽  
Bacillary Angiomatosis ◽  
Mucous Membranes ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and other causes of immunosuppression have ushered in a variety of opportunistic infections. One of these is bacillary angiomatosis, a vasoproliferative lesion whose principal causative agent is Rochalimaea henselae. Bacillary angiomatosis, while preponderantly a cutaneous affliction, can be systemic, including involvement of the head and neck mucous membranes. Molecular technology and epidemiologic studies used to identify the bacterial agent of bacillary angiomatosis have also uncovered R henselae as the organism responsible for most cases of cat-scratch disease. Why the same organism promotes two different histopathologic lesions, as seen in bacillary angiomatosis and cat-scratch disease, is unknown.

Cat-scratch Disease and Bacillary Angiomatosis

JAMA ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 266 (14) ◽  
pp. 1938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan W. Tappero
Keyword(s):  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Bacillary Angiomatosis

The Bartonella henselae sucB gene encodes a dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase protein reactive with sera from patients with cat-scratch disease

2004 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 1221-1227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M Litwin ◽  
Joel M Johnson ◽  
Thomas B Martins
Keyword(s):  
Coxiella Burnetii ◽  
Brucella Melitensis ◽  
Bartonella Henselae ◽  
Immunoblot Analysis ◽  
Cross Reactivity ◽  
Cosmid Library ◽  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Igg Antibodies ◽  
Bacillary Angiomatosis ◽  
Dihydrolipoamide Succinyltransferase

Bartonella henselae is a recently recognized pathogenic bacterium associated with cat-scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis. A recombinant clone expressing an immunoreactive antigen of B. henselae was isolated by screening a genomic DNA cosmid library by Western blotting with sera pooled from patients positive for B. henselae IgG antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence (IFA). The deduced amino acid sequence of the 43.7 kDa encoded protein was found to be 76.3 % identical to the dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase enzyme (SucB) of Brucella melitensis. SucB has been shown to be an immunogenic protein during infections by Brucella melitensis, Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella vinsonii. The agreement between reactivity with a recombinant SucB fusion protein on immunoblot analysis and the results obtained by IFA was 55 % for IFA-positive sera and 88 % for IFA-negative sera. Cross-reactivity was observed with sera from patients with antibodies against Brucella melitensis, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Francisella tularensis, Coxiella burnetii and Rickettsia typhi.

Cat-Scratch Disease and Bacillary Angiomatosis

Radiology ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 184 (1) ◽  
pp. 226-226
Author(s):  
PHYLLIS HOOD
Keyword(s):  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Bacillary Angiomatosis
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