Bacillary angiomatosis, cat-scratch disease, and bartonellosis: What's the connection?

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 405-411

  Nosal, Jane M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; KETOCONAZOLE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BARTONELLACEAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS;

EID: 0030844987     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1997.00246.x     Document Type: Review

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