Bartonella henselae

Bartonella henselae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Bartonellaceae
Genus: Bartonella
Species: B. henselae
Binomial name
Bartonella henselae
(Regnery et al. 1992)

Bartonella henselae, formerly Rochalimæa, is a proteobacterium that is the causative agent of cat-scratch disease[1] (bartonellosis).

B. henselae is a member of the genus Bartonella, one of the most common types of bacteria in the world. It infects the host cell by sticking to it using trimeric autotransporter adhesins.

Diagnosis

B. henselae is a Gram-negative rod.[2] It can be cultured in a lysis-centrifugation blood culture.[3] The presence of bacteria can be detected by Warthin-Starry stain, or by a similar silver stain technique performed on infected tissue.

The specific name henselae honors Diane Marie Hensel (b. 1953), a clinical microbiology technologist at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, who collected numerous strains and samples of the infective agent during an outbreak in Oklahoma in 1985.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Jerris RC, Regnery RL (1996). "Will the real agent of cat-scratch disease please stand up?". Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 50: 707–25. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.50.1.707. PMID 8905096.
  2. ↑ Kavita Diddi; Rama Chaudhry; Nidhi Sharma; Benu Dhawan (28 March 2011). "Strategy for identification & characterization of Bartonella henselae with conventional & molecular methods". Indian Journal of Medical Research. 137: 380–387. PMC 3657863. PMID 23563383.
  3. ↑ Bernard La Scola; Didier Raoult (17 March 1999). "Culture of Bartonella quintana and Bartonella henselae from Human Samples: a 5-Year Experience (1993 to 1998)" (PDF). Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 37 (6): 1899–1905. PMC 84980. PMID 10325344. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Parte, A.C. "Bartonella". www.bacterio.net.
  • "Bartonella henselae". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 38323.
  • Type strain of Bartonella henselae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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