METHODS: The development of improved and more sensitive molecular diagnostic techniques, as confirmatory methods to assess active infection, has provided increasing clarity to the healthcare community.
RESULTS: Using a combination of different molecular diagnostic approaches, infection with Babesia odocoilei was confirmed in seven people suffering chronic non-specific symptoms, of whom six were co-infected with one or more Bartonella species.
CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that infection with Babesia odocoilei is more frequent than previously documented and can occur in association with co-infection with Bartonella spp.
方法:改进和更灵敏的分子诊断技术的发展,作为评估活动性感染的验证性方法,为医疗保健界提供了越来越清晰的信息。
结果:使用不同分子诊断方法的组合,在7名患有慢性非特异性症状的人中证实了奥多科利亚感染,其中6人与一种或多种巴尔通体共同感染。
结论:我们得出的结论是,卵形巴贝虫的感染比以前记录的更频繁,并且可能与巴尔通菌的共同感染有关。