Bone marrow and skin granulomatosis in a patient with Bartonella infection.
This report describes a case of granulomatous inflammation, involving the bone marrow and skin, due to Bartonella infection in an immunocompetent patient. The clinical presentation included prolonged fever, pancytopenia, rash and hepatitis. Bartonella infection should thus be added to the growing list of entities that produce marrow granulomas and fever.
Keynan
Yoav
Y
Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
Yakirevitch
Evgeny
E
Department of Pathology, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
Shusterman
Tali
T
Hematology Unit, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
Alter-Migdal
Erella
E
Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
Avidor
Boaz
B
Bernard Pridan Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Weber
Gabriel
G
Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
Giladi
Michael
M
Bernard Pridan Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
D016917:Angiomatosis, Bacillary / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008875:Middle Aged; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000209:etiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial