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the first or acute stage of bartonellosis, marked by muscle pains, chills, fever, and severe hemolytic anemia that can be fatal. Called also Bartonella anemia.Medical dictionary. 2011.
oroya fever — ȯˈrȯiə noun Usage: usually capitalized O Etymology: oroya from La Oroya, town in Peru where the disease causing it originally appeared : the acute first stage of bartonellosis characterized by high fever and severe anemia … Useful english dictionary
Oroya fever — see bartonellosis … The new mediacal dictionary
Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… … Medical dictionary
O|roy|a fever — «oh ROH yuh», an infectious disease prevalent in South America, caused by a germ carried by sand flies and characterized by fever, anemia, headaches and, often, wartlike spots on the skin. ╂[< Oroya, Peru, where the disease was first… … Useful english dictionary
Bartonella anemia — Oroya fever … Medical dictionary
Carrion's disease — Classification and external resources ICD 10 A44.0 (ILDS A44.800) ICD 9 088 … Wikipedia
Bartonellosis — Infobox Disease Name = Bartonellosis Caption = DiseasesDB = 1249 ICD10 = A44 ICD9 = ICD9|088.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 212 MeshID = D001474 Bartonellosis is an infectious disease produced by bacteria of… … Wikipedia
bartonellosis — A disease caused by infection with a species of bacteria belonging to the genus Bartonella, * * * bar·ton·el·lo·sis .el ō səs n, pl lo·ses .sēz a disease or infection caused by bacteria of the genus … Medical dictionary
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Bartonella — A genus of bacteria found in humans and in arthropod vectors; grows slowly in artificial media and may be recovered from blood cultures from infected patients; may be seen intracellularly in tissues and erythrocytes. B. is a minute, Gram negative … Medical dictionary
