Bartonella (Rochalimaea) quintana causing fever and bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-83

  Rathbone, Paul ^a   Graves, Stephen ^a   Miller, David ^b   Odorico, Dimitri ^b   Jones, Susan ^b   Hellyar, Andrew ^a   Sinickas, Vincent ^a   Grigg, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Bartonella (Rochalimaea) quintana; Fastidious organism; Immunocompromised

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; IMIPENEM; RIBOSOME DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030053705     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169593     Document Type: Article

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