`A small gram negative pleomorphic motile bacilli with a tuft of polar flagella. It causes oroya fever which is characterised by fever and progressive anemia. It invades the erythrocytes. It can be cultivated in blood agar.

1. Oroya fever
2. Bartonella
3. Medicine – MCQ 112 – Infective dose of Salmonella typhi
4. Microbiology – MCQ 73 – 20 year old male with genital ulcer