hemobartonella NOT same as Bartonella!!

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hemobartonella is a CAT/Dog?

mouse parasite:http://www.geocities.com/joelkehler/hemobartonella.htm

( H. canis for dogs and H. muris for mice)

Hemobartonella felis has recently been reclassified as two distinct parasitic

organisms: Mycoplasma haemofelis and Mycoplasma haemominatum. (A 2006 Swiss

study has discovered a third type, Mycoplasma turicensis.) [1] Both are strange

organisms (bacteria lacking a cell wall) that attach to the surface of red blood

cells rather than infect the cells themselves. M. haemominatum produces minimal

disease. M. hemofelis can produce a life-threatening " hemolytic " anemia, so

called because the body reacts to the presence of the parasitized cells by

coating them with antibodies that mark them for destruction. The resulting lysis

(killing) of cells occurs at such a high rate that the cat may eventually become

severely anemic, feverish, lethargic, and depressed. The anemia associated with

M. haemofelis is regenerative, since the bone marrow continues to churn out new

cells in an attempt to replace the destroyed cells. Onset of disease symptoms is

sometimes slow and progressive, sometimes rapid and usually accompanied by

jaundice.

and as you can see it IS a Mycoplasma--why they found that in YOUR blood is

beyond me--do you have cats??? Dogs, mice--are they anemic? Id have your pets

tested for this and then treated and I d suggest asking your Dr for a copy of

the results and explanation too. Its usually contracted by scratches from fights

and blood sucking insects--I cant find anything to say IF its infective in or

even to humans.possible as myco's are--but unsure

and your results " suggest " this??? another reason Im not a fan of FRY labs!!!

either they found it or not and if they found " something " they should be able to

identify it.

btw in cats, Doxy seems to be tx of choice...fyi.

I think the confusion comes from another illness " cat scratch fever " from the

actual Bartonella organism!! in Vet/animal medicine things are often named

confusingly and maddeningly in groups not necessarily the same as in humans.They

called this 'hemobart' as its a bart like organisms attached to blood

cells--hence the name.

heres another site stating it IS a myco:

Hemobartonella felis is a gram-negative, non-acid-fast mycoplasma that lives on

the surface of the red blood cell. Measuring between 0.5 and 1.5 µm in diameter

or length, this blood parasite exists as paired cocci, short rods, or small

rings on the red blood cell plasma membrane.4 H. felis infections are relatively

common in cats in North America and produce extravascular hemolytic anemia.

Feline leukemia (FeLV) positive cats with compromised immunity seem most

susceptible to disease.1 Transmission of the parasite is thought to occur by

blood-sucking arthropods such as fleas or by bite wounds. Queens can transmit

the parasite to their offspring, although it is unknown if the transmission

occurs transplacentally, at birth, or transmammary.3

Ive found a few articles where myco's in humans were mistaken for

hemobartonellas!!!

this one says hemobart attaches to SURFACES of RBC and confused with rickettsias

http://www.zoologix.com/dogcat/Datasheets/MycoplasmaHaemofelis.htm

yet photos on Fry's site shows what THEY call hemobart that looks like strep

cocci or any coccobacilli

by appearance you cant tell--did they run PCR's which would identify what they

THINK they see??

and maybe it is just strep or rickettsial or other similar coccobacilli ( rod

shaped bacteri)??

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