A Cat in Wolves’ Clothing: Bartonella and the Rheumatologist Healio Rheuminations

Bartonella is an important mimic of a variety of autoimmune diseases, and it can be subtle. This episode tackles the ways in which this strange organism can present to a rheumatologist.
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Intro :01 Today’s episode :15 Overview of Bartonella 1:57 Inspiration for this episode 4:17 Bartonella, what are you? 7:24 About Bartonella quintana 12:32 Take-away so far 16:07 Core symptoms and rheumatologic aspects 17:15 About serologies 24:51 Key takeaways from this episode 28:09 Check out Rheum + Boards on Healio at com/rheumandboards 28:31 Disclosure: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures.
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