Bacillary angiomatosis by Bartonella quintana in an HIV-infected patient

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 2 I, 2000, Pages 299-301

  Santos, Raquel ^a   Cardoso, Orlando ^a   Rodrigues, Paulo ^a   Cardoso, Jorge ^a   Machado, João ^a   Afonso, Ana ^a   Bacellar, Fátima ^b   Marston, Eric ^c   Proença, Rui ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033912771     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(00)90147-6     Document Type: Article

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