The histologic spectrum of hepatic cat scratch disease: A series of six cases with confirmed Bartonella henselae infection

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1253-1259

  Lamps, L W ^a   Gray, G F ^a   Scott, M A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat scratch disease; Granulomatous hepatitis; Liver, Bartonella henselae; Rochalimaea henselae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER DISEASE; MALE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIOPSY; BITES AND STINGS; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029791792     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199610000-00011     Document Type: Article

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