[Treatment of human infections caused by Bartonella spp]

L Pérez-Martínez; J R Blanco; J A Oteo

[Treatment of human infections caused by Bartonella spp]

Rev Esp Quimioter. 2010 Sep;23(3):109-14.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

L Pérez-Martínez¹, J R Blanco, J A Oteo

Affiliation

¹ Area de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital San Pedro-Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain.

PMID: 20844840

Abstract

Infections by Bartonella spp. include a wide spectrum of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. There is not a universal therapy for this infection, therefore treatment should be chosen individually. The aim of this review is to update the therapeutics aspects of this kind of infections.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Angiomatosis, Bacillary / drug therapy
Angiomatosis, Bacillary / microbiology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology
Bartonella / drug effects
Bartonella / physiology
Bartonella Infections / drug therapy*
Bartonella Infections / transmission
Cat-Scratch Disease / drug therapy
Cat-Scratch Disease / microbiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / transmission
Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Humans

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents