Zeldzame leverproblemen door hond/kat? Bartonella henselae

[Lola Lyme]

What Caused Woman's Odd Liver Problem — Dog or Cat?
by Laura Geggel | November 11, 2014

A woman in the Netherlands contracted an unusual bacterial infection that may have come from one of her pet cats, according to a new report of her case.

In people with compromised immune systems, including children and the elderly, cat scratch fever can lead to painful and serious complications, such as warty lesions on the skin, as well as lesions in the liver or spleen.

The bacterial infection is usually seen at the location of the cat bite or scratch, but infection can also spread to other sites in the body, said Dr. Lucy Tompkins, a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at Stanford Medicine and the medical director of Infection Prevention and Control at Stanford Health Care in California, who was not involved in the study.

Lees meer Bron: LiveScience

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Moez Berrich, Claudine Kieda, Catherine Grillon, Martine Monteil, Nathalie Lamerant, Julie Gavard, Henri Jean Boulouis,Nadia Haddad

Published: May 27, 2011

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Ad ... ne.0020204

These results may explain the decreased pathogenic potential of Bartonella henselae infection for cats as compared to humans and strongly suggest that an autocrine secretion of VEGF by human skin endothelial cells might induce their growth and ultimately lead to bacillary angiomatosis formation.

In het Nederlands (voor het gemak om te lezen):
http://translate.google.nl/translate?hl ... rev=search

Bartonella henselae, een zooenoseverwekker, induceert tumoren van endotheelcellen (EC), namelijk bacillaire angiomatose en peliosis in immuungecompromitteerde mensen, maar niet bij katten. (....)

Terwijl er geen effect is waargenomen op de katachtige EC op Bartonella henselae infectie, toonde de mens wel die versnelde angiogenese en wondgenezing.
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Opmerkelijke verschillen werden aangetoond tussen menselijke micro- en macro-vaatstelsel afgeleid EC zowel in termen van pseudo-buis vorming en genezing. (....)

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Wat Wiki zegt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartonella_henselae

Peliosis hepatis caused by B. henselae can occur alone or develop with cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis or bacteremia. Patients with peliosis hepatis present with gastrointestinal symptoms, fever, chills, and an enlarged liver and spleen containing blood-filled cavities. This systemic disease can be seen in patients infected with HIV, or serve as a co-infection of those who have contracted Lyme disease etc., and other immunocompromised individuals.

Ook van belang: Anemie en Bartonella:
http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/blo ... ecked=true


En een forum:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Lyme-Disea ... ow/1943263

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Detectie van Bartonella soorten in het bloed van dierenartsen en veterinaire technici: een onlangs erkend beroepsrisico?
Lantos PM 1, Maggi RG , Ferguson B , Varkey J , Park LP , Breitschwerdt EB , Woods CW .
Vector Borne Zoonotic dis.14 Aug. 2014

Informatie over de auteur
1 1 afdelingen Interne Geneeskunde en Kindergeneeskunde, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25072986

CONCLUSIONS:

Our study supports an emerging body of evidence that cryptic Bartonella bloodstream infection may be more frequent in humans than previously recognized and may induce symptoms. Longitudinal studies are needed to determine the natural course and clinical features of Bartonella infection.