High rate of Bartonella henselae infection in HIV-positive outpatients in Johannesburg, South Africa
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 96, No. 5, Year 2002
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The emerging opportunistic pathogen Bartonella henselae has a wide range of clinical presentation, which includes, particularly, bacillary angiomatosis. This non-random pilot survey of outpatients attending HIV clinics in Johannesburg, South Africa, sampled 188 patients, in whom there was a 10% prevalence of Bartonella bacteraemia, as determined by nested polymerase chain reaction.