Contribution of the search for anti-Bartonella henselae antibodies in the diagnosis of the cat scratch disease in Belgium

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 287-300

  Bigaignon, G ^a   Gusbin, C ^a   Van Lint, A ^a   Delmee M ^a   Boon Falleur, L ^a   M'Bilo, T ^a   Aeby, A ^b   Lepage, P ^b   Potvliege, C ^b   Delforge, M L ^c   Rossi, C ^c   Sztern, B ^d  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tivoli   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Centre Hospitalier Moliere Longchamp   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Sero epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFIPIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BELGIUM; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LUXEMBOURG; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPULE; PEDIATRICS; SEPTICEMIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12944257418     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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