title: Bartonella henselae AS A PUTATIVE CAUSE OF CONGENITAL CHOLESTASIS.
abstract: Severe anemia and cholestatic hepatitis are associated with bartonella infections. A putative vertical Bartonella henselae infection was defined on the basis of ultrastructural and molecular analyses in a three-year-old child with anemia, jaundice and hepatosplenomegaly since birth. Physicians should consider bartonellosis in patients with anemia and hepatitis of unknown origin.
authors.affiliation: University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical Science School, Department of Medicine, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Velho
authors.affiliation: University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical Science School, Department of Pediatrics, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Ângela
authors.initials: MÂ
authors.lastname: Bellomo-Brandão
authors.affiliation: University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical Science School, Department of Medicine, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marina Rovani
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Drummond
authors.affiliation: University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical Science School, Department of Medicine, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renata Ferreira
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.affiliation: University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical Science School, Department of Pediatrics, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hessel
authors.affiliation: University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical Science School, Department of Medicine, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria de Lourdes
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Barjas-Castro
authors.affiliation: University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical Science School, Department of Pathology, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cecília Amélia Fazzio
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Escanhoela
authors.affiliation: University of Sao Paulo (USP), School of Medicine and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Clinical Hospital, Division of Clinical Dermatology, Laboratory of Medical Mycology (LIM-53). Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gilda Maria Barbaro
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Del Negro
authors.affiliation: University of Sao Paulo (USP), Institute of Tropical Medicine, Laboratory of Seroepidemiology and Immunobiology. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thelma Suely
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Okay
mesh_terms: D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital*; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical