ICD-11 definition : A disease caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Bartonella quintana.
This disease is characterized by fever, headache, rash, bone pain, or may be asymptomatic.
Transmission is through the bite of infected body lice. Confirmation is by identification
of Bartonella quintana in a blood sample. Bartonella quintana was formerly known as
Rickettsia quintana.;
ICD-11 synonym : fever due to Bartonella quintana; febris quintata; shin bone fever; Quintan fever; His-Werner disease; febris quintana; fever due to Rickettsia quintana; five day fever; fever due to Rochalimaea quintana; Wolhynian fever; Meuse fever;
A disease caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Bartonella quintana.
This disease is characterized by fever, headache, rash, bone pain, or may be asymptomatic.
Transmission is through the bite of infected body lice. Confirmation is by identification
of Bartonella quintana in a blood sample. Bartonella quintana was formerly known as
Rickettsia quintana.