New serotype of Bartonella henselae in endocarditis and catscratch disease

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8999, 1996, Pages 441-443

  Drancourt, Michel ^a   Birtles, Richard ^a   Chaumentin, Gilles ^b   Vandenesch, François ^c   Etienne, Jérôme ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a U des Richettsies CNRS EP J0054   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FATTY ACID; RNA 16S; SPACER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0030020107     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90012-4     Document Type: Article

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