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Bartonella quintana is a fastidious, Gram-negative bacterial pathogen
and the etiologic agent of the trench fever. This disease was first identified
in the trenches of World War I. The bacterium lives in the gut of the body louse
and is transmitted in their faeces. It enters the human body through damaged
skin or through the conjunctiva of the eye. Promiscuity and dirty conditions in
the trenches enable the spread of the disease. B. quintana is also
responsible for a disease called Bacillary Angiomatosis and for causing
Endocarditis (Ref.1 & 2). Glutathione is a small molecule found in
Bartonella cell. Glutathione metabolism in B. quintana involves both
the synthesis of Glutathione and its catabolism. It cannot enter most cells
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References:
1. The louse-borne human pathogen Bartonella quintana is a genomic derivative of the zoonotic agent Bartonella henselae.Alsmark CM, Frank AC, Karlberg EO, Legault BA, Ardell DH, Canback B, Eriksson AS, Naslund AK, Handley SA, Huvet M, La Scola B, Holmberg M, Andersson SG.:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jun 29; 101(26):9716-212. The louse-borne human pathogen Bartonella quintana is a genomic derivative of the zoonotic agent Bartonella henselae.Alsmark CM, Frank AC, Karlberg EO, Legault BA, Ardell DH, Canback B, Eriksson AS, Naslund AK, Handley SA, Huvet M, La Scola B, Holmberg M, Andersson SG.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jun 29; 101(26):9716-21
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