Hemoplasma infection in HIV-positive patient, Brazil.
Hemotrophic mycoplasmas infect a variety of mammals. Although infection in humans is rarely reported, an association with an immunocompromised state has been suggested. We report a case of a Mycoplasma haemofelis-like infection in an HIV-positive patient co-infected with Bartonella henselae.
dos Santos
Andrea Pires
AP
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. santos1@purdue.edu
dos Santos
Rodrigo Pires
RP
Biondo
Alexander W
AW
Dora
José M
JM
Goldani
Luciano Z
LZ
de Oliveira
Simone Tostes
ST
de Sá Guimarães
Ana Marcia
AM
Timenetsky
Jorge
J
de Morais
Helio Autran
HA
González
Félix H D
FH
Messick
Joanne B
JB
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001938:Brazil; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA