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Infecção por Bartonella

Evidence last reviewed: 19 Apr 2026
Topic last updated: 24 Apr 2026

Summary

Definition

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • febre
  • manifestações cutâneas (DAG)
  • linfadenopatia (doença por arranhadura do gato [DAG], febre de Oroya)
  • dor abdominal episódica (doença por arranhadura do gato [DAG])
  • cefaleia, pós-orbital (febre das trincheiras)
  • exantema maculopapular (febre das trincheiras)
  • lesões cutâneas nodulares (verruga peruana)
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • sintomas gastrointestinais
  • dor óssea e articular (febre das trincheiras)
  • palidez intensa (febre de Oroya)
  • hepatoesplenomegalia (febre de Oroya)
  • dispneia, sopro cardíaco e sinais de insuficiência cardíaca (doença por arranhadura do gato [DAG], febre das trincheiras)
  • alterações do estado mental (doença por arranhadura do gato [DAG], febre de Oroya)
  • rigidez da nuca (doença por arranhadura do gato [DAG])
  • olho vermelho (doença por arranhadura do gato [DAG], febre das trincheiras)
  • perda da visão indolor, com início unilateral e abrupto (doença por arranhadura do gato [DAG])
  • dor óssea (doença por arranhadura do gato [DAG])
  • mastoidite (doença por arranhadura do gato [DAG])
  • Lesões de Janeway, nódulo de Osler ou hemorragia em estilhas (doença por arranhadura do gato [DAG], febre das trincheiras)
  • dor torácica
  • fotofobia
  • hemorragia digestiva
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Fatores de risco

  • arranhaduras e mordidas de gato
  • exposição a vetores artrópodes
  • desabrigo ou pobreza
  • história de valvopatia cardíaca
  • imunossupressão
  • transplante de órgãos
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • Bartonella henselae: sorologia
  • Bartonella henselae: cultura
  • Bartonella henselae: aspiração ou biópsia de linfonodos
  • Bartonella quintana: sorologia
  • Bartonella quintana: cultura
  • Bartonella bacilliformis: sorologia
  • Bartonella bacilliformis: cultura
  • Bartonella bacilliformis: esfregaço sanguíneo
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • Bartonella henselae: reação em cadeia da polimerase
  • Bartonella quintana: reação em cadeia da polimerase
  • Bartonella quintana: biópsia de tecido
  • Bartonella bacilliformis: reação em cadeia da polimerase
  • Bartonella bacilliformis: biópsia de tecido
  • teste tuberculínico cutâneo
  • testes de liberação de gamainterferona
  • ecocardiograma
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) abdominal
  • punção lombar com análise do líquido cefalorraquidiano
  • cintilografia óssea
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Algoritmo de tratamento

Inicial

suspeita de endocardite por Bartonella

AGUDA

Doença por arranhadura do gato

Febre das trincheiras

angiomatose bacilar

peliose hepática ou microabscessos hepatoesplênicos

Endocardite por Bartonella confirmada

Doença de Carrión: febre de Oroya

Doença de Carrión: verruga peruana

Colaboradores

Autores

Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
Janak Koirala

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Springfield, IL

Disclosures

JK declares that he has no competing interests.

Sangita Basnet, MD, FAAP

Professor of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Springfield, IL

Disclosures

SB declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Janak Koirala would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Vidya Sunadareshan, a previous contributor to this topic.

Disclosures

VS declares that she has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Russell Wesley Steele, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases

Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, LA

Disclosures

RWS declares that he has no competing interests.

Miguel G. Madariaga, MD, MSc

Infectious Diseases Consultant

Naples Community Hospital

Naples, FL

Disclosures

MGM declares that he has no competing interests.

Katarina Westling, MD, PhD

Division of Infectious Diseases

Karolinska University Hospital

Huddinge

Stockholm

Sweden

Disclosures

KW declares that she has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Rolain JM, Brouqui P, Koehler JE, et al. Recommendations for treatment of human infections caused by Bartonella species. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Jun;48(6):1921-33.Full text  Abstract

Prutsky G, Domecq JP, Mori L, et al. Treatment outcomes of human bartonellosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Oct;17(10):e811-9.Full text  Abstract

Panel on Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV. Bartonellosis. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in adults and adolescents with HIV: recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Nov 2023 [internet publication].Full text

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