Co-infection with Bartonella bacilliformis and Mycobacterium spp. in a coastal region of Peru

Silva-Caso, Wilmer; Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel; Mazulis,Fernando; Weilg,Claudia; Sandoval, Isabel; Correa-Nuñez, German; Li, Dongmei; Song, Xiuping; Liu, Qiyong; del Valle-Mendoza, Juana · (2017) · DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2977-y

Resumen

Objective This study investigated an outbreak of Bartonellosis in a coastal region in Peru. Results A total of 70 (n = 70) samples with clinical criteria for the acute phase of Bartonellosis and a positive peripheral blood smear were included. 22.85% (n = 16) cases of the samples were positive for Bartonella bacilliformis by PCR and automatic sequencing. Of those positive samples, 62.5% (n = 10) cases were positive only for B. bacilliformis and 37.5% (n = 6) cases were positive to both Mycobacterium spp. and B. bacilliformis. The symptom frequencies were similar in patients diagnosed with Carrion’s disease and those co-infected with Mycobacterium spp. The most common symptoms were headaches, followed by malaise and arthralgia.