Case Report: Possible Vertical Transmission of Bartonella bacilliformis in Peru
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Authors
Ximena L. TuyaRaffo Escalante-Kanashiro
Carmen Tinco
Maria J. Pons
Verónica Petrozzi
Joaquim Ruiz
Juana del Valle
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2014-11-21xmlui.metadata.dc.contributor.email
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Tuya XL, Escalante-Kanashiro R, Tinco C, Pons MJ, Petrozzi V, Ruiz J, et al. Possible Vertical Transmission of Bartonella bacilliformis in Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 4 de noviembre de 2014;14-0098.Publisher
Elsevier B.V.Journal
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneDOI
10.4269/ajtmh.14-0098Additional Links
http://www.ajtmh.org/content/early/2014/10/30/ajtmh.14-0098Abstract
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.Type
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1995-7645ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.4269/ajtmh.14-0098
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