TY - JOUR
T1 - Case report
T2 - Possible vertical transmission of bartonella bacilliformis in Peru
AU - Tuya, Ximena L.
AU - Escalante-Kanashiro, Raffo
AU - Tinco, Carmen
AU - Pons, Maria J.
AU - Petrozzi, Verónica
AU - Ruiz, Joaquim
AU - Del Valle, Juana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0098
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0098
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 25371184
AN - SCOPUS:84920607897
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 92
SP - 126
EP - 128
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 1
ER -
