Two different genotypes of Bartonella henselae in children with cat-scratch disease and their pet cats

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-391

  Sander, Anna ^a   Ruess, Michael ^a   Deichmann, Klaus ^b   Böhm, Norbert ^b   Bredt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031767348     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549850160693     Document Type: Article

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