Isolation of Bartonella quintana from an HIV-positive patient with bacillary angiomatosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 736-741

  Schmidt, H U ^a   Kaliebe, T ^a   Poppinger, J ^b   Buhler C ^c   Sander, A ^c  

^a Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^b Kuratorium F I   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CENTRIFUGATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0029844204     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01691961     Document Type: Article

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