MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF Bartonella henselae IN A SERONEGATIVE CAT SCRATCH DISEASE PATIENT WITH AIDS IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Alexsandra R.m. Favacho¹  Isabelle Roger¹  Amanda K. Akemi¹  Adonai A. Pessoa Jr.¹  Andrea G. Varon¹  Raphael Gomes¹  Daniela T. Godoy¹  Sandro Pereira¹  Elba R.s. Lemos¹ 

关键词: Bartonella henselae;    Cat scratch disease;    Human immunodeficiency virus;    Molecular diagnosis;    Rio de Janeiro;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652014000400017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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