Long-Term Serological Analysis and Clinical Follow-Up of Patients with Cat Scratch Disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1149-1154

  Metzkor Cotter, Einat ^a   Kletter, Yehudith ^a   Avidor, Boaz ^a   Varon, Merav ^a   Golan, Yoav ^a   Ephros, Moshe ^b   Giladi, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY KINETICS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0242574976     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378738     Document Type: Article

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