Bartonella
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 1:28 am
The People's Pharmacy recently interviewed Dr. Breitschwerdt and Dr. Mozayeni discussing their research on Bartonella in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2013/06/ ... y-disease/
Combined interview.
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/PP-907Bartonella.mp3
Extended interview with Dr. Breitschwerdt.
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/Breitsch ... tended.mp3
Extended interview with Dr. Mozayeni
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/MozayeniXtended.mp3
Here is a link to their full research paper.
Bartonella spp. bacteremia and rheumatic symptoms in patients from Lyme disease-endemic region.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 May; 18(5):783-91.
Bartonella spp. infection has been reported in association with an expanding spectrum of symptoms and lesions. Among 296 patients examined by a rheumatologist, prevalence of antibodies against Bartonella henselae, B. koehlerae, or B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii (185 [62%]) and Bartonella spp. bacteremia (122 [41.1%]) was high. Conditions diagnosed before referral included Lyme disease (46.6%), arthralgia/arthritis (20.6%), chronic fatigue (19.6%), and fibromyalgia (6.1%). B. henselae bacteremia was significantly associated with prior referral to a neurologist, most often for blurred vision, subcortical neurologic deficits, or numbness in the extremities, whereas B. koehlerae bacteremia was associated with examination by an infectious disease physician. This cross-sectional study cannot establish a causal link between Bartonella spp. infection and the high frequency of neurologic symptoms, myalgia, joint pain, or progressive arthropathy in this population; however, the contribution of Bartonella spp. infection, if any, to these symptoms should be systematically investigated.
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2013/06/ ... y-disease/
Combined interview.
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/PP-907Bartonella.mp3
Extended interview with Dr. Breitschwerdt.
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/Breitsch ... tended.mp3
Extended interview with Dr. Mozayeni
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/MozayeniXtended.mp3
Here is a link to their full research paper.
Bartonella spp. bacteremia and rheumatic symptoms in patients from Lyme disease-endemic region.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 May; 18(5):783-91.
Bartonella spp. infection has been reported in association with an expanding spectrum of symptoms and lesions. Among 296 patients examined by a rheumatologist, prevalence of antibodies against Bartonella henselae, B. koehlerae, or B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii (185 [62%]) and Bartonella spp. bacteremia (122 [41.1%]) was high. Conditions diagnosed before referral included Lyme disease (46.6%), arthralgia/arthritis (20.6%), chronic fatigue (19.6%), and fibromyalgia (6.1%). B. henselae bacteremia was significantly associated with prior referral to a neurologist, most often for blurred vision, subcortical neurologic deficits, or numbness in the extremities, whereas B. koehlerae bacteremia was associated with examination by an infectious disease physician. This cross-sectional study cannot establish a causal link between Bartonella spp. infection and the high frequency of neurologic symptoms, myalgia, joint pain, or progressive arthropathy in this population; however, the contribution of Bartonella spp. infection, if any, to these symptoms should be systematically investigated.