(băr″tō-nĕl′ă)
[Pronunciation]
[A. L. Barton, S. Amer. physician, 1871–1950]
A genus of gram-negative bacteria of the family Rickettsia, that cause infections that are transmitted to humans from animal hosts (zoonoses).
Bartonella bacilliformis
Bartonella elizabethae
Bartonella henselae
Bartonella quintana
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