Bartonella henselae AS A PUTATIVE CAUSE OF CONGENITAL CHOLESTASIS

Bartonella henselae AS A PUTATIVE CAUSE OF CONGENITAL CHOLESTASIS

SUMMARY Severe anemia and cholestatic hepatitis are associated with bartonella infections. A putative vertical Bartonella henselae infection was defined on the basis of ultrastructural and molecular analyses in a three-year-old child with anemia, jaundice and hepatosplenomegaly since birth. Physicia...

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Main Authors: Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira VELHO, Maria Ângela BELLOMO-BRANDÃO, Marina Rovani DRUMMOND, Renata Ferreira MAGALHÃES, Gabriel HESSEL, Maria de Lourdes BARJAS-CASTRO, Cecília Amélia Fazzio ESCANHOELA, Gilda Maria Barbaro DEL NEGRO, Thelma Suely OKAY
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Bartonella
Hepatitis
Cholestasis
Disease Transmission
Infectious
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652016005000406&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:SUMMARY Severe anemia and cholestatic hepatitis are associated with bartonella infections. A putative vertical Bartonella henselae infection was defined on the basis of ultrastructural and molecular analyses in a three-year-old child with anemia, jaundice and hepatosplenomegaly since birth. Physicians should consider bartonellosis in patients with anemia and hepatitis of unknown origin.
ISSN:1678-9946

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