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Volume 12, Number 7—July 2006
Research

Rodent-associated Bartonella Febrile Illness, Southwestern United States

Jonathan Iralu*, Ying Bai†, Larry Crook*, Bruce Tempest*, Gary Simpson‡, Taylor McKenzie§, and Frederick Koster¶#Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *US Public Health Service, Gallup, New Mexico, USA; †University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA; ‡New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; §The Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona, USA; ¶University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; #Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Table 2

Clinical and laboratory data of 5 adults with undifferentiated fever and seroconversion to Neotoma albigula–derived Bartonella antigens*

Patient no., age (y), sex DOI T (°C)† Leukocytes × 103/μL‡ PLT × 103/μL‡ HCT (%)† AST (U/L)† BIL (mg/dL)† LDH (U/L)† Doubling dilution end titer (acute/convalescent phases)§
Bartonella from Neotoma B. vinsonii from Microtus pennsylvanicus B. quintana B. henselae B. elizabethae
1, 55, F 5 39.7 2.7 147 44 183 1.5 167 256/4,096 64/64 <32/64 <32/<32 64/64
2, 30, M 5 39.3 3.2 110 50 85 1.5 206 256/1,024 128/1,024 64/512 64/256 64/512
3, 34, F 6 39.7 3.5 95 44 324 1.7 190 <32/1,024 <32/256 <32/64 64/256 <32/64
4, 29, M 2 39.2 17.9 226 48 ND ND ND <32/512 32/64 <32/<32 <32/<32 32/32
5, 23, F 2 38.8 5.0 125 40 ND ND 130 32/512 <32/64 <32/<32 <32/128 <32/64

*DOI, day of symptomatic illness at hospitalization; T, temperature; PLT, platelet count; HCT, hematocrit ; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BIL, bilirubin; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; ND, not determined.
†Highest value during 2–6 d of hospitalization.
‡Minimum value.
§Convalescent-phase titers 2–6 wk after hospital admission.

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