Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1997 |
Authors: | J. E. Koehler, Sanchez, M. A., Garrido, C. S., Whitfeld, M. J., Chen, F. M., Berger, T. G., Rodriguez-Barradas, M. C., LeBoit, P. E., Tappero, J. W. |
Journal: | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume: | 337 |
Issue: | 26 |
Pagination: | 1876 - 1883 |
Date Published: | 1997 |
ISBN Number: | 0028-4793 |
Keywords: | angiomatosis, animals, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Bartonella henselae/classification/genetics/isolation & purification, Bartonella/classification/genetics/isolation & purification, cat, dna, epidemiology, fleas, homeless, humans, lice, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., risk factors |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis are vascular proliferative manifestations of infection with species of the genus bartonella that occur predominantly in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Two species, B. henselae and B. quintana, have been associated with bacillary angiomatosis, but culture and speciation are difficult, and there has been little systematic evaluation of the species-specific disease characteristics. We studied 49 patients seen over eight years who were infected with bartonella species identified by molecular techniques and who had clinical lesions consistent with bacillary angiomatosis-peliosis.METHODS: In this case-control study, a standardized questionnaire about exposures was administered to patients with bacillary angiomatosis-peliosis and to 96 matched controls. The infecting bartonella species were determined by molecular techniques. |