Bacterium
bartonella quintana
Subclass of:
Bartonella
Definitions related to bartonella quintana:
  • A species of gram-negative bacteria in which man is the primary host and the human body louse, Pediculus humanus, the principal vector. It is the etiological agent of TRENCH FEVER.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A species of Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is nonmotile, oxidase positive, indole and urease negative, and nonhemolytic. B. quintana causes trench fever.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bartonella quintana.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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