Chest-wall abscess due to cat-scratch disease (CSD) in an adult with antibodies to Bartonella clarridgeiae: Case report and review of the thoracopulmonary manifestations of CSD

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 353-357

  Margileth, Andrew M ^a   Baehren, David F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLACEAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031928353     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514671     Document Type: Article

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