Osteomyelitis caused by Bartonella henselae genotype I in an immunocompetent adult woman

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3430-3432

  Woestyn, Sophie ^a   Moreau, Michel ^b,c   Munting, Everard ^b   Bigaignon, Geoffroy ^a   Delmée, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BONE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISKITIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPONDYLITIS; SYMPTOM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FELIS CATUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0038156072     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3430-3432.2003     Document Type: Article

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