Fatal meningitis and encephalitis due to Bartonella henselae bacteria

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 640-644

  Gerber, John E ^a   Johnson, Joyce E ^a   Scott, Margie A ^a   Madhusudhan, Kunapuli T ^a  

^a Forensic Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch; Deoxyribonucleic acid typing; Encephalitis; Fatality; Forensic science; Meningitis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SEIZURE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURES;

EID: 0036099579     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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