Hemotropic Bacteria
- 25 October 1979
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 301 (17) , 937-939
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197910253011708
Abstract
Bacterial-type organisms that adhere to erythrocytes and produce severe diseases of economic importance in domestic and wild animals have been recognized since the turn of the century.1 2 3 In contrast, physicians in general have not encountered hemotropic bacteria except Bartonella bacilliformis, which causes Oroya fever and verruga peruana. This organism is limited to a small ecosphere in the Andes.4 The disease described by Archer and his colleagues in this issue and the cases earlier reported by Kallick et al.5 may bring about a new awareness of hemotropic bacteria as a hazard to human health.An interesting feature of the disease . . .Keywords
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