A child with Bartonella henselae osteomyelitis of the right humerus

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 92-95

  Ledina, Dragan ^a,b   Rinčić, Joško ^b   Ivić, Ivo ^a   Marasović, Dujomir ^a   Ledina, Dubravka ^b  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Child; Fluorescent antibody technique, indirect; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCRATCHING; SEROLOGY; SKIN NECROSIS; STELLATE CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INFANT; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 2942733344     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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