Tick-borne pathogens Bartonella spp., Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Coxiella burnetii and Rickettsia spp. may trigger endocarditis.

Background: Infections caused by tick-borne pathogens such as Bartonella spp., Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.

Leptospirosis in Poland in the years 2014-2017 – characteristics of infections and epidemiological surveillance data.

Objectives: The aim of the study was the analysis of current Leptospira spp. infections in Poland on the basis of blood serum samples tests results and clinical data collected from clinicians in the Laboratory NIPH-NIH.

Methods: Clinical materials from 48 patients with clinical symptoms suggesting Leptospira spp suspected of leptospirosis from the years 2014-2017 were included to the study.

spp. co-infections in patients with skin changes and lymphadenopathy.

Introduction: Tularemia and spotted fever group rickettsioses (SFG) can be transmitted by ticks and have a number of common clinical symptoms. Most characteristic are a maculopapular or vesicular rash or an eschar at the site of the tick or insect bite accompanied by painful lymph nodes. The aim of this study was to determine whether spp.

Bactericidal Activity of Octenidine to Various Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi, Sensu Lato Spirochetes in Vitro and in Vivo.

The aim of our studies was to invent a reliable method for detection of the bactericidal activity of disinfectants against Borrelia burgdorferi in suspension (in vitro) and in cell line cultures (in vivo). In the suspension method, 0.01% octenidine at 20°C and 35°C was bactericidal to Borrelia afzeli; Borrelia garini, B.

Characteristics of Bartonella spp. infections in Poland in the years 2009-2012 identified in the laboratory of National Institute of Public Health--National Institute of Hygiene.

Introduction: Various Bartonella species, (Gram-negative aerobic bacilli) are etiologic agents ofzoonotic diseases called bartonelloses, which manifest with different symptoms depending on the bacterial species, reservoir and vector. In Poland and Europe, the most common bacterial species of the genus Bartonella is Bartonella henselae.

Material And Methods: [corrected] Serum samples derived from patients with clinical symptoms suggesting Bartonella spp.