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Table 6 Clinical sign, lesions and laboratory abnormalities reported in association with Bartonella infections in cats, dogs and humans

From: Bartonella infections in cats and dogs including zoonotic aspects

Bartonella spp.

Hostsa

Cats

Dogsb

Humans

B. henselae

Anemia (EI); diaphragmatic myositis (NI); endocarditis (NI); endomyocarditis - left ventricular; endocardial fibrosis complex (NI); eosinophilia (NI); fever (EI, NI); hyperglobulinemia (EI, NI); lethargy (EI, NI); lymphadenomegaly (EI); mild neurological signs (EI); pyogranulomatous myocarditis and uveitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis and corneal ulcers (NI); subclinical (EI, NI); thrombocytopenia (NI)

Endocarditis (NI); eosinophilia (NI); epistaxis(NI); fever (NI); granulomatous hepatitis (NI); granulomatous inflammation (NI); hyperglobulinemia (NI); hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia syndrome (NI); ineffective erythropoiesis (NI); lymphadenomegaly (NI); monoclonal gammopathy (NI); peliosis hepatis (NI); subclinical (EI, NI); thrombocytopenia (NI); vasoproliferative lesions (NI)

Arthralgia; arthritis; bacillary angiomatosis; CSD; endocarditis; erythema; granulomatous hepatis; neuroretinitis; peliosis hepatis; pulmonary nodules; uveitis; vasoproliferative tumors

B. vinsonii berkhoffii

Endocardial fibrosis complex (NI); endomyocarditis - left ventricular; osteomyelitis (NI)

Anemia (NI); arrhythmias (NI); endocarditis (NI); epistaxis (NI); fever (NI); granulomatous lymphadenitis (NI); hemangiosarcoma (NI); myocarditis (NI); polyarthritis (NI); splenomegaly (NI); subclinical (EI, NI); thrombocytopenia (NI); uveitis (NI)

Endocarditis

B. clarridgeiae

NCR or subclinical

Endocarditis (NI); hepatic disease (NI)

CSD

B. quintana

NCR or subclinical

Endocarditis (NI); subclinical (NI)

Bacillary angiomatosis; endocarditis; fever; neuroretinitis; uveitis

B. koehlerae

Endomyocarditis - left ventricular; endocardial fibrosis complex

Endocarditis (NI); hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia syndrome (NI); splenic disease (NI)

Endocarditis

B. rochalimae

NCR or subclinical (EI)

Endocarditis (NI); subclinical (EI)

Fever; splenomegaly

B. washoensis

NCR or subclinical

Endocarditis (NI)

Fever; myocarditis

  1. aDetails included in Table 6 are provided in [20,21,22, 29, 30, 39, 70, 91, 92, 96, 98, 99, 112, 127, 132, 136, 154, 160, 168,169,170, 289, 292,293,294,295,296,297,298,299,300,301,302,303,304,305]
  2. bPathology reported in dogs to date is mainly due to natural infection only
  3. Abbreviations: CSD cat scratch disease, EI experimental infection, NI natural infection, NCR not clearly related (the reports did not completely prove the direct relation between the clinical findings and the Bartonella infection or the animals had subclinical infection)