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10950782

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
An investigation was performed after an outbreak of bartonellosis in a region of Peru nonendemic for this disorder. Symptoms of acute and chronic bartonellosis were recorded. Serological analysis was performed on 55% of the affected population (554 individuals), 77.5% of whom demonstrated previous infection with Bartonella bacilliformis. The attack rate of Oroya fever was 13.8% (123 cases); the case-fatality rate was 0.7%. The attack rate of verruga peruana was 17.6%. A new specific immunostain was developed and used to confirm the presence of B. bacilliformis in the biopsied skin lesions. Most seropositive individuals (56%) were asymptomatic. The symptoms that were associated with prior infection, as determined by Western blot, included fever (37.2% of the seropositive vs. 17.2% of the seronegative population; P<.001), bone and joint pain (27% vs. 9%; P<.001), headache (27% vs. 12.3%; P <.001), and skin lesions described as verruga peruana (26.8% vs. 4.9%; P<.001). Our findings suggest that infection with B. bacilliformis causes a broad spectrum of disease that is significantly milder in severity than that frequently reported.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
182
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
865-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Natural history of infection with Bartonella bacilliformis in a nonendemic population.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't