High rate of Bartonella henselae infection in HIV-positive outpatients in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The emerging opportunistic pathogen Bartonella henselae has a wide range of clinical presentation, which includes, particularly, bacillary angiomatosis. This non-random pilot survey of outpatients attending HIV clinics in Johannesburg, South Africa, sampled 188 patients, in whom there was a 10% prevalence of Bartonella bacteraemia, as determined by nested polymerase chain reaction.
Frean
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Departments of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. johnf@mail.saimr.wits.ac.za
Arndt
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Spencer
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016917:Angiomatosis, Bacillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D018416:Bartonella henselae; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology