Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia presenting as macules in an afebrile patient with X-linked agammaglobulinemia

Infection

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 367-368

  Simons, E ^a   Spacek, L A ^a   Lederman, H M ^a   Winkelstein, J A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HELICOBACTER CINAEDI; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; BACTEREMIA; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 12144263248     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-004-3152-7     Document Type: Article

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