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. Physicians should consider bartonellosis in patients with anemia and hepatitis of unknown origin.

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Main Authors: VELHO,Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira, BELLOMO-BRANDÃO,Maria Ângela, DRUMMOND,Marina Rovani, MAGALHÃES,Renata Ferreira, HESSEL,Gabriel, BARJAS-CASTRO,Maria de Lourdes, ESCANHOELA,Cecília Amélia Fazzio, DEL NEGRO,Gilda Maria Barbaro, OKAY,Thelma Suely
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2016
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652016005000406
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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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