title: [Microbiological diagnosis of emerging bacterial pathogens: Anaplasma, Bartonella, Rickettsia, and Tropheryma whipplei].
abstract: Ehrlichia/Anaplasma, Bartonella, Rickettsia and Tropheryma whipplei (formerly called whippelii) are fastidious bacterial organisms, considered the causative agents of potentially severe emerging and re-emerging diseases with repercussions on public health. The recent availability of advanced molecular biology and cell culture techniques has led to the implication of many of these species in human pathologies. These issues are extensively covered in number 27 of the SEIMC microbiological procedure: Diagnóstico microbiológico de las infecciones por patógenos bacterianos emergentes: Anaplasma, Bartonella, Rickettsia y Tropheryma whippelii (Microbiological diagnosis of Anaplasma, Bartonella, Rickettsia and Tropheryma whippelii infections) (2nd ed., 2007) (www.seimc.org/documentos/protocolos/microbiologia/).
authors.affiliation: Area de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Centro de Rickettsiosis y Enfermedades Transmitidas por Artrópodos Vectores, Hospital San Pedro CIBIR, Logroño, Spain. jrblanco@riojasalud.es
authors.forename: José Ramón
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jado
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marín
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sanfeliu
authors.forename: Aránzazu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Portillo
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anda
authors.forename: Immaculada
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pons
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oteo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000709:Anaplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000712:Anaplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001473:Bartonella / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D054851:Tropheryma / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology