Rapid polymerase chain reaction-based confirmation of cat scratch disease and Bartonella henselae infection

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 706-710

  Margolis, Ben ^a,c   Kuzu, Isinsu ^a,d   Herrmann, Marille ^a,e   Raible, Michele D ^a,f   Hsi, Eric ^b   Alkan, Serhan ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Kishwaukee Community Hospital   (United States)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AFIPIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FORMALDEHYDE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0038580802     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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