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Co-infection with Bartonella bacilliformis and Mycobacterium spp. in a coastal region of Peru
Co-infection with Bartonella bacilliformis and Mycobacterium spp. in a coastal region of Peru
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2017
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Silva-Caso W.
Mazulis F.
Weilg C.
Aguilar-Luis M.A.
Sandoval I.
Correa-Nuñez G.
Li D.
Song X.
Liu Q.
Del Valle-Mendoza J.
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BioMed Central Ltd.
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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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isolation and purification,
adolescent,
adult,
aged,
Bartonella bacilliformis,
bartonellosis,
child,
epidemic,
female,
human