Novel Bartonella Agent as Cause of Verruga Peruana

Abstract

While studying chronic verruga peruana infections in Peru from 2003, we isolated a novel Bartonella agent, which we propose be named Candidatus Bartonella ancashi. This 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.

Keywords

• Bartonellosis
• emerging infection
• Candidatus Bartonella ancashi
• Peru
• pathogen discovery
• bacteria