Description of the disease * EnglishPolish Pobierz sekcję do PDF Definition A rare bacterial infectious disease caused by the louse-borne bacterium <i>Bartonella quintana</i> and characterized by a variable clinical picture with acute or insidious onset of a (potentially relapsing) febrile illness, headache, leg pain (most typically the shinbone), endocarditis, and thrombocytopenia. There may also be only non-specific symptoms that mimic other infections. The disease nowadays most commonly affects socially disadvantaged persons in urban areas. Disease data Classification Disease Synonyms Bartonellosis due to Bartonella quintana infection Bartonelloza spowodowana infekcją Bartonella quintana ORPHA code 64694 OMIM code - ICD10 code A79.0 ICD11 code 1C11.1 *Soruce Extended description of the disease Pobierz sekcję do PDF No additional description. Orphanet - interntowa baza danych dotyczących rzadkich chorób i sierochych leków. ©INSERM 1999 - Dostępna na stronie www.orphanet.pl