Bilateral retinal artery branch occlusions revealing Bartonella grahamii infection [2];Occlusion bilatérale des branches de l'artère centrale de la rétine révélant une infection à Bartonella grahamii

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 629-630

  Serratrice, J ^a   Rolain, J M ^b   Granel, B ^a   Ene, N ^a   Conrath, J ^a   Avierinos, J F ^a   Disdier, P ^a   Raoult, D ^b   Weiller, P J ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial occlusion; Bartonella grahamii; Retina

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0041874649     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-8663(03)00224-8     Document Type: Letter

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