Rapid identification of Bartonella henselae by real-time polymerase chain reaction in a patient with cat scratch disease

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-77

  Ciervo, Alessandra ^a   Mastroianni, Claudio M ^b   Ajassa, Camilla ^b   Pinto, Antonella ^a   Ciceroni, Lorenzo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

CSD; Lymph node Bartonella henselae; Molecular detection; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENITIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 25144441632     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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