Dr. Amanda Elam gives us the scoop on Galaxy's new PCR test, the knowns and unknowns about striae in Bartonella, the potential link between Bartonella and autoimmunity, how Galaxy is continuing the research of Dr. Neil Spector, and basically all things Bartonella! Check the timestamps below for easy access to each question/topic.

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0:00 Intro and content timestamps
0:40 How did you get started at Galaxy?
2:58 What do you want patients to know about bartonellosis?
3:56 One Health
6:30 Barriers to getting chronic bartonellosis recognized
7:57 Differences between Bartonella and Lyme
11:33 IFA, ePCR, and BAPGM
18:32 How is Galaxy's upcoming ePCR better?
19:50 Using microscopy to detect Bartonella
24:38 Microbiome and pathobiome concepts
27:43 Current studies underway
30:54 Low probability of sexual transmission of Bartonella
35:05 Galaxy continuing the work of Dr. Neil Spector
39:06 The validity of SOT for Bartonella
42:56 Bartonella and autoimmunity
46:05 Knowns and unknowns of striations in bartonellosis
50:24 Pathogens and host response
52:50 What are you hopeful about in the Bartonella field?
56:26 Mock interview with my mom!

This interview has been edited for length.

Videos mentioned on testing:
   • Bests Tests for Bartonella  
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Videos mentioned on transmission:
   • Bartonella Transmission 101  
   • Can ticks transmit Bartonella?!  

Immunotherapy research for Bartonella and Borrelia at Duke (Dr. Neil Spector's work)
https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news...

Articles mentioned/pathobiome concept:
Casadevall, A., & Pirofski, L. A. (2014). Microbiology: ditch the term pathogen. Nature News, 516(7530), 165.
https://www.nature.com/news/microbiol...
VayssierTaussat, M., Kazimirova, M., Hubalek, Z., Hornok, S., Farkas, R., Cosson, J. F., ... & Plantard, O. (2015). Emerging horizons for tickborne pathogens: from the ‘one pathogen–one disease’vision to the pathobiome paradigm. Future microbiology, 10(12), 20332043.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
VayssierTaussat, M., Albina, E., Citti, C., Cosson, J. F., Jacques, M. A., Lebrun, M. H., ... & Candresse, T. (2014). Shifting the paradigm from pathogens to pathobiome: new concepts in the light of metaomics. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 4, 29.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...
Davenport, A. C., Mascarelli, P. E., Maggi, R. G., & Breitschwerdt, E. B. (2013). Phylogenetic diversity of bacteria isolated from sick dogs using the BAPGM enrichment culture platform. Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 27(4), 854861.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/p...
Cadenas, M. B., Maggi, R. G., Diniz, P. P., Breitschwerdt, K. T., Sontakke, S., & Breithschwerdt, E. B. (2007). Identification of bacteria from clinical samples using Bartonella alphaProteobacteria growth medium. Journal of microbiological methods, 71(2), 147155.
https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net...

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