Bartonella is an important mimic of a variety of autoimmune diseases, and it can be subtle. This episode tackles the ways in which this strange organism can present to a rheumatologist.

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• Intro :01
• Today’s episode :15
• Overview of Bartonella 1:57
• Inspiration for this episode 4:17
• Bartonella, what are you? 7:24
• About Bartonella quintana 12:32
• Take-away so far 16:07
• Core symptoms and rheumatologic aspects 17:15
• About serologies 24:51
• Key takeaways from this episode 28:09
• Check out Rheum + Boards on Healio at com/rheumandboards 28:31

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