Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of Bartonella quintana and Bartonella henselae endocarditis: A study of 48 patients

Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 245-251

  Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Lelievre, Hervé ^b   Eykyn, Susannah J ^c   Mainardi, Jean Luc ^d   Marrie, Thomas J ^e   Bruneel, Fabrice ^f   Roure, Chantal ^g   Nash, James ^h   Clave, Danièle ⁱ   James, Edward ^j   Benoit Lemercier, Catherine ^f   Deforges, Lionel ^k   Tissot Dupont, Hervé ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^g CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^j ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BITE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FLEA; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LACTAMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRENCH FEVER;

EID: 0034891849     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-200107000-00003     Document Type: Article

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