Bartonella henselae causing severe and protracted illness in an otherwise healthy person

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 316-318

  Schiellerup, Peter ^a   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a   Andersen, Åse Bengård ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ADULT; ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; DOGS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 2642535959     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410019516     Document Type: Article

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