Abstract
In this chapter diseases due to two classes of microorganisms will be considered both of which parasitise and grow within host cells. The rickettsiae share features common to both bacteria and viruses, but Bartonella more closely resemble bacteria among which they are at present classified. Rickettesiae can only be grown in living cells but Bartonella may be cultured on enriched culture media free of cells. B. bacilliformis, the agent responsible for causing the only known human Bartonella infection, Oroya fever, possesses a unipolar flagellum when grown in culture and thus further resembles bacteria.
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Spencer, H. (1973). Rickettsial Diseases and Bartonellosis. In: Tropical Pathology. Spezielle pathologische Anatomie, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00226-1_4
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