Culture of Bartonella quintana and Bartonella henselae from human samples: A 5-year experience (1993 to 1998)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1899-1905

  La Scola, Bernard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA SP.; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032905491     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1899-1905.1999     Document Type: Article

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