Chronic Bartonella quintana bacteremia in homeless patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 184-189

  Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b   Lascola, Bernard ^b   Roux, Veronique ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b,c  

^a Hopital Felix Houphouet Boigny   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Fac de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICULUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRENCH FEVER;

EID: 0033590522     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199901213400303     Document Type: Article

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