Cat scratch disease in Medellin, Colombia

Macías, Antonio; Aguirre, Carlos; Bustamante, Alberto; Garcés, Carlos; Echeverri, Valentina; Díaz, Alejandro

doi:10.1093/omcr/omu018

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“…with an axillary mass and other lymph nodes in the neck and inguinal regions, with painless and spontaneous resolution, was also reported. In this case, the diagnosis of cat scratch disease was made and the patient was treated with antibiotics with a decrease in his symptomatology [13].…”

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Oroya Fever, Verruga Peruana, and Other Bartonelloses Incidence Rates in Colombia (2009-2013)

Urrutia

Patiño-Barbosa

Arroyave-Valencia

et al. 2018

Cureus

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BackgroundBartonella bacilliformis, the etiological agent of Carrion's disease and presumed to be transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies, is endemic to the high-altitude valleys of the South American Andes, including Colombia.MethodsThis observational, retrospective study in which the incidence of bartonelloses (International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10) codes A44.0-A44.9) in Colombia, from 2009-2013, was estimated based on data extracted from the personal health records system (Registro Individual Prestación Servicios, RIPS). Using the official population estimates of the National Statistics Department (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísticas, DANE), crude and adjusted incidence rates were estimated (cases/100,000 population).ResultsA total of 1,389 cases were reported (median 289/year), for a cumulative national rate of 3.02 cases/100,000 population; 91.2% were female; 66.8% were <40-year-old (3.8% <9.9-year-old). The cases were 2.9% Oroya fever (A44.0), 13.1% verruga peruana (A44.1), and the rest (85.3%) were other forms of bartonelloses (A44.8-A44.9). The highest rates of Oroya fever were reported in Bolivar (2.5 cases/1,000,000 population). For verruga peruana highest number of cases were reported in Antioquia (32; 17.8%; 5.21 cases/1,000,000 population) and the highest rate at Magdalena (11.54 cases/1,000,000 population) (Risaralda, 6.45; Caldas, 5.1). For other forms of bartonelloses, the highest rates were reported at Magdalena (48.65 cases/1,000,000 population), followed by Huila (32.8) and La Guajira (18.9). At Nariño, Putumayo, Amazonas, Cauca, and Valle del Cauca, 11.7% of the cases of the country were reported.ConclusionsLutzomyia columbiana, the potential vector of Bartonella bacilliformis in Colombia, is distributed not only in Nariño, Cauca, and Valle del Cauca but also in the Antioquia, Caldas, Huila, La Guajira, Risaralda, Cordoba, and Caribbean areas. Given this distribution, the transmission would be occurring, as seen in reported cases, in more areas than previously described by classic reports of these diseases in the country.

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Oroya Fever, Verruga Peruana, and Other Bartonelloses Incidence Rates in Colombia (2009-2013)

Urrutia

Patiño-Barbosa

Arroyave-Valencia

et al. 2018

Cureus

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“…Furthermore, the pathogen B. quintana was confirmed in clothing lice collected from homeless people from Bogotá, D.C. [ 92 ]. Although no confirmed cases of B. henselae infection have been reported to date, clinical cases compatible with cat-scratch disease in young children have been reported in Medellin, Antioquia department [ 114 ], and in Cali, Valle del Cauca department [ 115 ], as well as a Parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome in a hospital in Medellin, Antioquia ( Figure 1 F) [ 116 ]. These bacteria could be circulating in domestic animals; however, these data remain unknown, as only one study has evidenced exposure to Bartonella spp.…”

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Etiologies of Zoonotic Tropical Febrile Illnesses That Are Not Part of the Notifiable Diseases in Colombia

Silva-Ramos,

Faccini-Martínez,

Serna-Rivera

et al. 2023

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In Colombia, tropical febrile illnesses represent one of the most important causes of clinical attention. Febrile illnesses in the tropics are mainly zoonotic and have a broad etiology. The Colombian surveillance system monitors some notifiable diseases. However, several etiologies are not monitored by this system. In the present review, we describe eleven different etiologies of zoonotic tropical febrile illnesses that are not monitored by the Colombian surveillance system but have scientific, historical, and contemporary data that confirm or suggest their presence in different regions of the country: Anaplasma, Arenavirus, Bartonella, relapsing fever group Borrelia, Coxiella burnetii, Ehrlichia, Hantavirus, Mayaro virus, Orientia, Oropouche virus, and Rickettsia. These could generate a risk for the local population, travelers, and immigrants, due to which they should be included in the mandatory notification system, considering their importance for Colombian public health.

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“…A la hembra del mosquito phlebotomo-Lutzomyia spp. en 1913 Charles Tonwosend le descubrió su condición de vector (32) Entre los años 2011 y 2018 fueron publicados cuatro casos de enfermedad por arañazo de gato, dos de ellos con presentación sistémica y uno con síndrome oculoglandular de Parinaud, atendidos en hospitales colombianos, siendo tres del sexo masculino y con edades entre dos y seis años (41)(42)(43)(44). La aproximación diagnóstica fue realizada a través de inmunofluorescencia indirecta y/o tinción de Warthin-Starry a partir de muestras biopsiadas.…”

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“…La aproximación diagnóstica fue realizada a través de inmunofluorescencia indirecta y/o tinción de Warthin-Starry a partir de muestras biopsiadas. Los cuatro casos fueron tratados con terapia antibiótica de forma satisfactoria (41)(42)(43)(44).…”

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Tribín

Martínez

2021

Med.

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FRAGMENTO Bartonelosis por Bartonella bacilliformis. A través del tiempo la bartonelosis causada por Bartonella bacilliformis ha recibido un sinnúmero de nombres, entre los que se destacan enfermedad de Carrión, fiebre maligna verrucosa, fiebre maligna de las quebradas, fiebre grave de Carrión, fiebre verrucosa del Guáitara, fiebre aguda verrugosa, verruga andícola, verruga del sapo, verruga de quinua, verruga blanda, verruga de Castilla, verruga nodular, botón de los Andes, verruga de Crapaud, verruga peruana, verruga hemorrágica peruana, fiebre de Oroya, infección por B. bacilliformis (1). B. bacilliformis es una bacteria aeróbica, pleomórfica y Gram negativa que vive dentro del sistema reticuloendotelial y que ataca a los eritrocitos. Esta bacteria es una de las 45 especies identificadas hoy en día como pertenecientes a la familia Bartonellaceae, y de la que hacen parte, como causales de enfermedades humanas, además de diez especies más, la Bartonella henselae, responsable de la enfermedad por arañazo de gato, y transmitida de gato a gato por la pulga Ctenocephalides felis, y la Bartonella quintana, responsable de la fiebre de las trincheras, transmitida por el piojo de las ropas Pediculus humanus humanus, y en la que los humanos son el único reservorio (2).

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Cat scratch disease in Medellin, Colombia

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Oroya Fever, Verruga Peruana, and Other Bartonelloses Incidence Rates in Colombia (2009-2013)

Oroya Fever, Verruga Peruana, and Other Bartonelloses Incidence Rates in Colombia (2009-2013)

Etiologies of Zoonotic Tropical Febrile Illnesses That Are Not Part of the Notifiable Diseases in Colombia

Una mirada a la bartonelosis

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