artur737
12.04.07, 17:34
W medycynie obserwuje sie mala eksplozje artykulow na temat Bartonelli
sugerujaca nasilajaca sie epidemie.
Polska praca z PZH sugeruje bardzo szeroka obecnosc tego patogenu w polskiej
populacji (testowano alkoholikow, wlascicieli kotow i weterynarzy)
Pol J Microbiol. 2007;56(1):33-8.
Presence of Bartonella spp. in various human populations.
Chmielewski T, Podsiadly E, Tylewska-Wierzbanowska S.
National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland.
Bartonella spp. bacteria are significant human pathogens and the agents of
bacterial zoonosis acquired from an animal companion. The aim of the study was
to determine the seroprevalence of two of the most common Bartonella species
B. henselae and B. quintana in various human populations. The studied groups
included: alcoholics, intravenous drug users, veterinarians, cats' owners.
Blood samples were collected and cultured on chocolate agar plates and in
mouse fibroblasts L-929 cell line culture. The levels of Bartonella henselae
IgM and IgG antibodies were determined by indirect immunofluorescence assay.
Specific B. henselae IgG were detected in 48.3% of homeless alcoholics, in
45.0% veterinarians and in 53.3% cats' owners. The differences in the
prevalence of B. henselae antibodies between the studied groups and a control
group were statistically supported. No homeless intravenous drug users had
specific B. henselae and B. quintana antibodies. High titers of B. quintana
IgG antibodies were detected in two homeless alcoholics. Bartonella spp. was
cultured on chocolate blood agar plates from blood samples from 2 alcoholics.
The isolates were identified as B. henselae by PCR amplification of the
riboflavin synthase gene (ribC). The results prove that B. henselae and B.
quintana, emerging human pathogens, are present and widely distributed in
Poland in such specific risk groups as: alcoholics, veterinarians and cats'
owners.