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Oroya fever

Splenomegaly

Abnormal increased size of the spleen.

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PMID (PMCID)
17554119	FEMALE	Adult
	Bacteremia, fever, and splenomegaly caused by a newly recognized bartonella species.
	Eremeeva ME, Gerns HL, Lydy SL, Goo JS, Ryan ET, Mathew SS, Ferraro MJ, Holden JM, Nicholson WL, Dasch GA, Koehler JE. N Engl J Med. 2007;356(23):2381-7.
	We describe a patient who had fever and splenomegaly after traveling to Peru and also had bacteremia from an organism that resembled Bartonella bacilliformis, the causative agent of Oroya fever, which is endemic to Peru.