Co-infection with Bartonella bacilliformis and Mycobacterium spp. in a coastal region of Peru

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated an outbreak of Bartonellosis in a coastal region in Peru. RESULTS: A total of 70 (n = 70) samples with clinical criteria for the acute phase of Bartonellosis and a positive peripheral blood smear were included. 22.85% (n = 16) cases of the samples were positive for...

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Autores principales: Silva-Caso, Wilmer, Mazulis, Fernando, Weilg, Claudia, Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel, Sandoval, Isabel, Correa-Nuñez, German, Li, Dongmei, Song, Xiuping, Liu, Qiyong, del Valle-Mendoza, Juana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29191209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2977-y
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: This study investigated an outbreak of Bartonellosis in a coastal region in Peru. RESULTS: A total of 70 (n = 70) samples with clinical criteria for the acute phase of Bartonellosis and a positive peripheral blood smear were included. 22.85% (n = 16) cases of the samples were positive for Bartonella bacilliformis by PCR and automatic sequencing. Of those positive samples, 62.5% (n = 10) cases were positive only for B. bacilliformis and 37.5% (n = 6) cases were positive to both Mycobacterium spp. and B. bacilliformis. The symptom frequencies were similar in patients diagnosed with Carrion’s disease and those co-infected with Mycobacterium spp. The most common symptoms were headaches, followed by malaise and arthralgia.

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