title: Bartonella species bacteremia in two patients with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.
abstract: Bartonella henselae and B. koehlerae bacteremia was documented in two epithelioid hemangioendothelioma patients and B. koehlerae bacteremia in an asymptomatic partner of one of the patients. Considering the biology and clinically variable natural history of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, these results suggest that chronic Bartonella infection could have a role in the development of this vascular neoplasm. Bartonella spp. are known to induce vasoproliferative tumors in immunocompromised patients and may play a role in the development of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in immunocompetent patients.
authors.affiliation: Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Mascarelli
authors.forename: Jonathan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Iredell
authors.forename: Ricardo G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Breitschwerdt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged