Published in Cancer Weekly, July 15th, 1996
Bartonella (previously Rochalimaea) infection often appears as skin lesions known as bacillary angiomatosis (BA) but may affect the liver (bacillary peliosis hepatitis; BP) and spleen (bacillary splenitis) in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent persons.
"The occurrence of bartonella infection during chemotherapy for cancer was first reported in 1992; in that pediatric case and in two subsequent cases involving adults, the vascular proliferative...
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