Bartonella henselae AS A PUTATIVE CAUSE OF CONGENITAL CHOLESTASIS

Abstract

SUMMARY 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.

Keywords

• Bartonella
• Hepatitis
• Cholestasis
• Disease Transmission
• Infectious