Bartonella henselae associated with Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1156-1158

  Grando, Danilla ^a   Sullivan, Laurence J ^b   Flexman, James P ^b   Watson, Mark W ^b   Andrew, John H ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; RNA 16S; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032932667     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514756     Document Type: Article

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