Kinetics of Bartonella spp. IgG antibodies in cat-scratch disease and in asymptomatic HIV-infected patients;Dinámica de anticuerpos IgG frente a Bartonella spp. en la enfermedad por arañazo de gato y en pacientes asintomáticos infectados por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 120, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 494-495

  García García, José Ángel ^a   Vargas, Julio ^a   Mira, José Antonio ^a   Vergara López, Salvador ^a   Macías, Juan ^a   Pineda, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Cat scratch disease; HIV

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BONE MARROW; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KINETICS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0037648961     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13045806     Document Type: Article

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