Detection of Bartonella henselae DNA by two different PCR assays and determination of the genotypes of strains involved in histologically defined cat scratch disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 993-997

  Sander, Anna ^a   Posselt, Miriam ^a   Böhm, Norbert ^a   Ruess, Michael ^a   Altwegg, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0033037591     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.993-997.1999     Document Type: Article

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