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We reviewed cases identified in the Denver metropolitan area in 2016\u20132021.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The electronic medical records from 2 large academic medical centers in Colorado were reviewed for demographic, clinical, and laboratory features of patients with B. quintana infection confirmed by blood culture, serologies, and\/or molecular testing from July 2016 to December 2021.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Fourteen patients with B. quintana infection were identified. The mean age was 49.5 years (SD 12.7 years) and 92.9% of patients were male. Twelve patients had history of homelessness (85.7%) and 11 were experiencing homelessness at the time of diagnosis (78.6%). Most frequent comorbidities included substance use (78.6%), of which 42.9% had alcohol use disorder. The average time to blood culture positivity was 12.1 days (SD 6.2 days). Three patients with bacteremia had negative B. quintana IgG, and 6 of 14 (42.8%) patients had evidence of endocarditis on echocardiography.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>B. quintana is an underrecognized cause of serious infection in individuals experiencing homelessness. Serologic and microbiologic testing, including prolonged culture incubation, should be considered in at-risk patients due to ongoing transmission in homeless populations.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/infdis\/jiac238","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,24]],"date-time":"2022-06-24T17:05:52Z","timestamp":1656090352000},"page":"S315-S321","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["<i>Bartonella quintana<\/i> Infection in People Experiencing Homelessness in the Denver Metropolitan Area"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"226","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4427-791X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zachary","family":"Shepard","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lilian","family":"Vargas 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