Isolation of Bartonella henselae DNA from the peripheral blood of a patient with cat scratch disease up to 4 months after the cat scratch injury

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2288-2290

  Arvand, Mardjan ^a   Schäd, Susanne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CLEARANCE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SHEDDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE;

EID: 33745133726     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00239-06     Document Type: Article

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