Bartonellosis medical therapy

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Medical Therapy

• In the acute stage, the most feared complication is fulminant Salmonella superinfection: for this reason chloramphenicol is the preferred antibiotic treatment.
• Untreated, bartonellosis has a death rate of about 40%.

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