Pitfalls and fallacies of cat scratch disease serology: Evaluation of Bartonella henselae-based indirect fluorescence assay and enzyme-linked immunoassay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1931-1937

  Bergmans, A M C ^a   Peeters, M F ^b   Schellekens, J F P ^a   Vos, M C ^c   Sabbe, L J M ^d   Ossewaarde, J M ^a   Verbakel, H ^b   Hooft, H J ^a   Schouls, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Reg Lab for Public Health Zeeland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030789344     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.1931-1937.1997     Document Type: Article

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