title: Bartonella spp. antibodies in forensic samples from Swedish heroin addicts.
abstract: A high frequency of Bartonella elizabethae seropositivity (39%) was recorded among intravenous heroin addicts in Stockholm, Sweden, who died from a lethal injection. Some of the B. elizabethae-seropositive individuals also had antibodies to B. henselae Houston-1, B. grahamii, and B. quintana, but none had antibodies to B. henselae Marseille or B. vinsonii subsp. vinsonii. Hepatitis was a frequent finding but no case had peliosis hepatitis. There was no case of endocarditis, but in three persons active subacute-to-chronic myocarditis was found; two of these cases were Bartonella-positive and HIV-negative.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Svena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McGill
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hjelm
authors.forename: Jovan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rajs
authors.forename: Olle
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lindquist
authors.forename: Göran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Friman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001344:Autopsy; D001473:Bartonella / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000382:microbiology; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial