Bacillary peliosis

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Bacillary peliosis is a form of peliosis hepatis that has been associated with bacteria in the genus Bartonella . [1]

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References

  1. Koehler JE, Sanchez MA, Garrido CS, et al. (December 1997). "Molecular epidemiology of bartonella infections in patients with bacillary angiomatosis-peliosis". N. Engl. J. Med. 337 (26): 1876–83. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199712253372603 . PMID   9407154.