Hepatosplenic cat-scratch disease and abdominal pain

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-272

  Dunn, Michael W ^a   Berkowitz, Frank E ^a   Miller, Judson J ^a   Snitzer, Joseph A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; Bartonella henselae; cat scratch disease; fever of unknown origin; Hepatosplenic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ABSCESS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0030980592     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199703000-00003     Document Type: Article

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