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Title: | Possible Vertical Transmission of Bartonella bacilliformis in Peru |
Author: | Tuya, Ximena L. Escalante-Kanashiro, Raffo Tinco-Valdez, Carmen Pons, Maria J. Petrozzi, Verónica Ruiz, Joaquim Valle Mendoza, Juana del |
Keywords: | Bacteris patògens Paràsits Estudi de casos Malalties hereditàries Perú Pathogenic bacteria Parasites Case studies Genetic diseases Peru |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
Abstract: | A 22-day-old male was admitted with a 2-day history of irritability, dyspnea, jaundice, fever, and gastrointestinal bleeding. A thin blood smear was performed, which showed the presence of intraerythrocyte bacteria identified as Bartonella bacilliformis, and subsequently, the child was diagnosed with Carrion's disease. The diagnosis was confirmed by specific polymerase chain reaction. The child was born in a non-endemic B. bacilliformis area and had not traveled to such an area before hospitalization. However, the mother was from an endemic B. bacilliformis area, and posterior physical examination showed the presence of a wart compatible with B. bacilliformis in semi-immune subjects. These data support vertical transmission of B. bacilliformis. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0098 |
It is part of: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015, vol. 92, num. 1, p. 126-128 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/68714 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0098 |
ISSN: | 0002-9637 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal) |
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