Bartonellosis Facts
Organism:
Bartonella
bacilliformis
Vector:
Sand
fly
Two stages:
Acute
stage:
Chronic
stage:
Oroyo
fever – an acute hemolytic anemia
Verruca
peruviana – facial eruptions
Treatment for
Oroyo fever:
Carrion
disease:
Choramphenicol,
penicillin, or tetracyclines