Imaging analysis of Bartonella species in the skin using single-photon and multi-photon (second harmonic generation) laser scanning microscopy.

Azar H Maluki Edward B Breitschwerdt Lynne T Bemis Rosalie GreenbergBobak Robert MozayeniJamie DencklauMarna Ericson

Published in: Clinical case reports (2020)

We demonstrate Bartonella spp are abundant in skin lesions resembling striae distensae. These striae distensae-like lesions, coincidental with sudden onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms, indicate testing for suspected Bartonella spp. infection.

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