Co-infection with Bartonella bacilliformis and Mycobacterium spp. in a coastal region of Peru
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Authors
Silva-Caso, WilmerMazulis, Fernando
Weilg, Claudia
Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel
Sandoval, Isabel
Correa-Nuñez, German
Li, Dongmei
Song, Xiuping
Liu, Qiyong
del Valle-Mendoza, Juana
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2017-12-01
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Co-infection with Bartonella bacilliformis and Mycobacterium spp. in a coastal region of Peru 2017, 10 (1) BMC Research NotesPublisher
BioMed Central Ltd.Journal
BMC Research NotesDOI
10.1186/s13104-017-2977-yAbstract
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.Type
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engISSN
1756-0500ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/s13104-017-2977-y
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