HemoplasmaInfection in HIV-positive Patient, Brazil

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1412.080964
• Publication Date: 2008-12-02T19:02:51Z
• Authors: Andrea Pires dos ...; Rodrigo Pires dos...; Alexander W. Biondo; José M. Dora; Luciano Z. Goldani; Simone Tostes de ...; Ana Maárcia de Sá...; Jorge Timenetsky; Helio Autran de M...; Félix H.D. González; Joanne B. Messick
• Keywords: Male; Molecular Sequence Data; HIV Infections; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Cat Diseases; 0403 veterinary science; Mycoplasma; Haemobartonella; Animals; Mycoplasma Infections; Bartonella henselae; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; R; Dispatch; HIV; Cat-Scratch Disease; Sequence Analysis, DNA; 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences; 3. Good health; AIDS; Cats; Medicine; Bartonella; Brazil

Hemotrophic mycoplasmas infect a variety of mammals. Although infection in humans is rarely reported, an association with an immunocompromised state has been suggested. We report a case of a Mycoplasma haemofelis-like infection in an HIV-positive patient co-infected with Bartonella henselae.