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Infection may be complicated by glomerulonephritis, often in the setting of culture-negative infective endocarditis. The histologic pattern of\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Bartonella<\/jats:italic>\n                        -associated glomerulonephritis is variable and often difficult to distinguish from non-infectious causes of glomerulonephritis by histopathology. Prompt, accurate diagnosis is further complicated by the poor sensitivity of routine culture methods for the detection of\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. henselae<\/jats:italic>\n                        , and serology or adjunctive molecular testing is typically required for microbiologic diagnosis.\n                      <\/jats:p>\n                    <\/jats:sec>\n                    <jats:sec>\n                      <jats:title>Case Summary<\/jats:title>\n                      <jats:p>\n                        A middle-aged male renal transplant recipient was admitted to our hospital with fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and laboratory evidence of acute kidney injury. A thorough infectious disease work-up revealed markedly elevated\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. henselae<\/jats:italic>\n                        immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M titers and significant exposures to cats and fleas. A biopsy of the renal allograft revealed crescentic glomerulonephritis with immune complex deposition. No definitive evidence of infective endocarditis was found. The patient was started on renal replacement therapy and treated for disseminated bartonellosis with doxycycline and rifabutin.\n                      <\/jats:p>\n                    <\/jats:sec>\n                    <jats:sec>\n                      <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                      <jats:p>\n                        The diagnosis of\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Bartonella<\/jats:italic>\n                        -associated glomerulonephritis in immunocompromised patients can be challenging from both the clinical and histopathologic perspectives. A high degree of clinical suspicion in patients with relevant risk factors is important for prompt diagnosis and treatment. Regardless of the presence or absence of typical signs and symptoms of cat scratch disease and\/or infective endocarditis,\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Bartonella<\/jats:italic>\n                        spp. should be included in the differential diagnosis of glomerulonephritis in solid-organ transplant recipients and other immunocompromised patients with cats or other relevant exposures.\n                      <\/jats:p>\n                    <\/jats:sec>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1128\/asmcr.00092-25","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,7]],"date-time":"2025-10-07T13:01:06Z","timestamp":1759842066000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["<i>Bartonella<\/i>\n                    -associated glomerulonephritis without endocarditis in a renal transplant recipient"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"1","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0148-1761","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Grace A.","family":"Schaack","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05byvp690","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","place":["Dallas, USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-9532-6493","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Rene","family":"Bulnes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05byvp690","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","place":["Dallas, USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4272-132X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Deborah","family":"Jebakumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05byvp690","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","place":["Dallas, USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2672-5424","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Allen R.","family":"Hendricks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05byvp690","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","place":["Dallas, USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0722-0482","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Andrew E.","family":"Clark","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05byvp690","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","place":["Dallas, USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"235","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.clinmicnews.2024.05.002"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/CMR.00013-17"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/JCM.42.2.652-659.2004"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/MD.0b013e31824dc07a"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ofid\/ofac059"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ckj\/sfac117"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ofid\/ofy186"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1053\/j.ajkd.2003.10.027"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12882-022-02811-w"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1053\/j.ajkd.2013.10.058"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/IPC.0000000000000384"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/2324709620970726"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bcr.04.2010.2945"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1155\/2018\/9607582"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2169\/internalmedicine.5608-20"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_17_2","first-page":"441","article-title":"Do we care if you have a cat? 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