Objective: to evaluate obstetric complications arising in pregnant native women with acute bartonellosis due to Bartonella bacilliformis in an endemic area in Caraz, Ancash, at 2 237 m above sea level. Material and method: 50 pregnant women were enrolled consecutively in San Juan de Dios Hospital, Caraz, between 1999 and 2003. All cases had the diagnosis of bartonellosis, based on a Bartonella-positive peripheral blood smear.  Results: all pregnant women were native and living in the endemic area; 64% came from adjacent rural areas, 12% had an antecedent of "verruga peruana" and 10 % had previously received treatment for "verruga". The features of early acute bartonellosis (Carrión's disease) in these patients were paleness (80%), headache (76 %), articular pain (64%), fever (34 %), abdominal pain (24 %) and vaginal bleeding (18%). The average age was 25,5 years. The average gestat...

Objective: to evaluate obstetric complications arising in pregnant native women with acute bartonellosis due to Bartonella bacilliformis in an endemic area in Caraz, Ancash, at 2 237 m above sea level. Material and method: 50 pregnant women were enrolled consecutively in San Juan de Dios Hospital, Caraz, between 1999 and 2003. All cases had the diagnosis of bartonellosis, based on a Bartonella-positive peripheral blood smear.  Results: all pregnant women were native and living in the endemic area; 64% came from adjacent rural areas, 12% had an antecedent of "verruga peruana" and 10 % had previously received treatment for "verruga". The features of early acute bartonellosis (Carrión's disease) in these patients were paleness (80%), headache (76 %), articular pain (64%), fever (34 %), abdominal pain (24 %) and vaginal bleeding (18%). The average age was 25,5 years. The average gestat...