Characterization of Bartonella henselae isolated from bacillary angiomatosis lesions in a human immunodeficieney virus-infected patient in Germany

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1296-1301

  Arvand, Mardjan ^a   Wendt, Constanze ^b   Regnath, Thomas ^b   Ullrich, Reiner ^b   Hahn, Helmut ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; GERMANY; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0031840204     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516348     Document Type: Article

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