The case fatality ratios of untreated patients exceeded 40% but reach around 90% when opportunistic infection with Salmonella spp.
[citation needed] Other symptoms include a headache, muscle aches, and general abdominal pain.
Depending on the size and characteristics of the lesions, there are three types: miliary (1–4 mm), nodular or subdermic, and mular (>5mm).
[4] The most common findings are bleeding of verrugas, fever, malaise, arthralgias (joint pain), anorexia, myalgias, pallor, lymphadenopathy, and liver and spleen enlargement.
[citation needed] On microscopic examination, the chronic phase and its rash are produced by angioblastic hyperplasia, or the increased rates and volume of cell growth in the tissues that form blood vessels.
[4][7] Recent investigations show that Bartonella ancashensis may cause verruga peruana,[8][9][10] although it may not meet all of Koch's postulates.
Because Carrion's disease is often comorbid with Salmonella infections, chloramphenicol has historically been the treatment of choice.
These have included the use of corticosteroids for respiratory distress, red blood cell transfusions for anemia, pericardiectomies for pericardial tamponades, and other standard treatments.
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