Rodent-associated Bartonella Febrile Illness, Southwestern United States

Rodent-associated Bartonella Febrile Illness, Southwestern United States

Serum specimens from 114 patients hospitalized with a febrile illness were tested with an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) using Bartonella antigens prepared from 6 species of sigmodontine rodents and 3 known human Bartonella pathogens: B. henselae, B. quintana, and B. elizabethae. Acute- and...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Iralu, Ying Bai, Larry Crook, Bruce Tempest, Gary Simpson, Taylor McKenzie, Frederick Koster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Bartonella
liver function tests
hepatic injury
leukopenia
thrombocytopenia
fever
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/7/04-0397_article

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