Title
Novel bartonella agent as cause of verruga peruana
Date Issued
01 July 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Blazes D.L.
Mullins K.
Smoak B.L.
Jiang J.
Hall E.
Meza R.
Myers T.
Richards A.L.
Laughlin L.
Naval Medical Research Unite 6
Hospital San Juan de Dios
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Abstract
While studying chronic verruga peruana infections in Peru from 2003, we isolated a novel Bartonella agent, which we propose be named Candidatus Bartonella ancashiThis case reveals the inherent weakness of relying solely on clinical syndromes for diagnosis and underscores the need for a new diagnostic paradigm in developing settings.
Start page
1111
End page
1114
Volume
19
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
DermatologÃa, Enfermedades venéreas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84879133523
PubMed ID
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
10806040
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
Scopus