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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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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 in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2016
Subjects:
Bartonella
Hepatitis
Cholestasis
Disease Transmission
Infectious
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201658056
https://doaj.org/article/a7a871d37c1645bca8349d99e9b05385
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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.

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