Bartonellosis and human immunodeficiency disease (AIDS): L-forms as persisters, activating factors, and mechanism of disease

Bartonella, genus Proteus, can cause immunodepressive disease. The organisms, in parasitized red blood cells, may invade the brain and every other system and space in the human body. Bartonella henselae is proposed to have a role in the pathogenesis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) encep...

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Published in:Medical hypotheses 1997-06, Vol.48 (6), p.511-515
Main Authors: Sood, F.H., Phatak, V.D., Chaudhari, M.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIDS Dementia Complex - etiology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - complications
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - immunology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - therapy
AIDS/HIV
Bartonella - pathogenicity
Bartonella - ultrastructure
Bartonella Infections - complications
Bartonella Infections - immunology
Bartonella Infections - therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - immunology
Diet
Exercise Therapy
Humans
Immunodeficiencies
Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies
Immunopathology
Medical sciences
Models, Biological
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Summary:Bartonella, genus Proteus, can cause immunodepressive disease. The organisms, in parasitized red blood cells, may invade the brain and every other system and space in the human body. Bartonella henselae is proposed to have a role in the pathogenesis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) encephalopathy. Bartonella bacilliformis produces two known toxins that can induce spasm and angiomatosis, respectively, and manifest as diseases associated with symptomatic AIDS. The skin lesions of bartonellosis may be mistaken clinically and histologically for Kaposi's sarcoma. Bacteria of the genus Proteus produce L-forms: their elementary bodies may be mistaken for what are called the ‘human immunodeficiency viruses’ (HIV). Antibiotics, especially penicillin, induce bacteria to produce L-forms. Air pollution and high sugar, salt and fat diets are factors that may increase the lipid content of microbes that produce toxins and L-forms that may persist or revert to bacterial form.
ISSN:0306-9877
1532-2777
DOI:10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90121-3