Bartonellosis. A review;Bartonellosi

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 177-185

  Mansueto, Pasquale ^a   Di Lorenzo, Gabriele ^b   Rizzo, Manfredi ^b   Mazzola, Giuseppe ^b   Affronti, Mario ^b   Rini, Giovan Battista ^b   Mansueto, Serafino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bartonellosis; Diagnosis, therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLOSIS; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDOCARDITIS; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PURPURA; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; HUMANS; TRENCH FEVER;

EID: 0037646312     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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