Chronic<i>Bartonella quintana</i>Bacteremia in Homeless Patients

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Authors

Philippe Brouqui · Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST)

Bernard La Scola · Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST)

Véronique Roux · Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST)

Didier Raoult · Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST)

Abstract

In an outbreak of urban trench fever among homeless people in Marseilles, B. quintana infections were associated with body lice in patients with nonspecific symptoms or no symptoms.

Topics & Keywords

Bartonella species infections research Dermatological diseases and infestations Vector-borne infectious diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 340, Issue 3, pp. 184-189

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199901213400303

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