High prevalence of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in Sfax, Tunisia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 503-507

  Znazen, Abir ^a,b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Hammami, Nader ^b   Kammoun, Samir ^c   Hammami, Adnane ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NUCLEOTIDE; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA; WESTERN BLOTTING; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CHLAMYDIA;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRENCH FEVER; TUNISIA;

EID: 20544452322     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.503     Document Type: Article

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