The Peru of America, an unknown disease-causing microbes science

Scientists at the University of California have a new microbes previously unknown to cause a serious and potentially fatal disease was discovered. The bacterium of the new era in the blood of residents of the United States, who acknowledged recently returned from Peru. Shortly after returning from an American was with headache, fever, vomiting, severe diarrhea and high hospitalization. Doctors were able to cope with the infection with antibiotics. The doctors decided that the disease caused by Rickettsia Bartonella bacilliformis - pathogens prevalent in parts of Latin America, Oroya fever, which is carried by blood-sucking flies. This organism causes massive destruction of red blood cells and severe anemia. If untreated, the mortality reached Oroya fever by 40 percent or more. However, the results of laboratory tests are not met the expectations of scientists. After they found in the blood of patients differ from a close relative of the bacterium Bartonella bacilliformis, but differs from it in a number of genetic traits. A new pathogen Bartonella previously unknown rochalimae called - in honor of the Brazilian Henrique da Rocha Lima researchers. Other members of the immediate family of a new microbe is B. Quintana trench fever caused by the soldiers fought during World War II and B. henselae, the causative agent of so-called cat scratch disease. It is unclear how the microbe infects a new person and how the risk of infection. Chances are your company bloodsucking insects. You may very common, and causes periodic outbreaks of the disease in remote areas of Latin America, but local doctors are unable to distinguish the Oroya fever. Scientists determined that the information is important to have new members of the Barton family from her, because, despite their similarities, these microbes respond differently to certain antibiotics. MedPortal.Ru