Demonstration of Bartonella grahamii DNA in ocular fluids of a patient with neuroretinitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4034-4038

  Kerkhoff, F T ^a   Bergmans, A M C ^b   Van Der Zee, A ^b   Rothova, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLACEAE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLACEAE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032699678     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.4034-4038.1999     Document Type: Article

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