Bartonellaceae

Ruiz J.; Gomes C.; Pons M.J. · Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections, Volume II, Second Edition (2022) · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83217-9_10

Resumen

Bartonella spp. is an arthropod-vectorized bacterial genus responsible for a wide array of vector-borne diseases. Although potentially lethal, Bartonella spp. has remained for years out of scope of clinicians. While challenged by the fastidious nature of Bartonella spp., the development of molecular tools has allowed identifying an increasing number of fully or partially characterized new Bartonella species, contributing to the knowledge of its epidemiology and the further understanding of its pathogenicity. The present chapter summarizes the most relevant approaches to type Bartonella spp. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Instituciones: Universidad Científica del Sur