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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 1

Rodent-associated Bartonella serologic results in 114 adults with acute febrile illness, southwestern United States

Clinical diagnosis Total No. thrombocytopenic No. leukopenic Titer to Neotoma albigula–associated Bartonella antigen
<64 128 256 512 >1,024
Undifferentiated fever 76 55 43 52 11 2 5 6
Bacterial pneumonia 12 4 4 12 0 0 0 0
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome 12 12 0 11 1 0 0 0
Other febrile illnesses 14 9 4 11 0 1 0 2

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