Abstract
Bartonella spp. are facultative intracellular bacteria that cause prolonged intraerythrocytic bacteremia in their hosts. The bartoneloses comprises all diseases caused by these bacteria, incluing Cat Scratch Disease, Carrion's disease, Trench Fever, Bacillary angiomatosis, and bacteremia, septicemia and endocarditis. The transmission occurs by numerous arthropod vectors (fleas, ticks, mos…