MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF Bartonella henselae IN A SERONEGATIVE CAT SCRATCH DISEASE PATIENT WITH AIDS IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
oleh: Alexsandra R.m. Favacho, Isabelle Roger, Amanda K. Akemi, Adonai A. Pessoa JR., Andrea G. Varon, Raphael Gomes, Daniela T. Godoy, Sandro Pereira, Elba R.s. Lemos
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| Diterbitkan: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2014-07-01 |
Deskripsi
Bartonella henselae is associated with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, including cat scratch disease, endocarditis and meningoencephalitis, in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. We report the first molecularly confirmed case of B. henselae infection in an AIDS patient in state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although DNA sequence of B. henselae has been detected by polymerase chain reaction in a lymph node biopsy, acute and convalescent sera were nonreactive.