Cryptogenic hepatitis patients have a higher Bartonella sp.-DNA detection in blood and skin samples than patients with non-viral hepatitis of known cause.

Marina Rovani DrummondLuciene Silva Dos SantosRenata Soalheiro FávaroRaquel Silveira Bello StucchiIlka de Fátima Santana Ferreira BoinPaulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2022)

Further studies assessing the role of B. henselae infection in the pathogenesis of hepatitis patients must be urgently conducted.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
circulating tumor
cell free
soft tissue
real time pcr