Bone marrow and skin granulomatosis in a patient with Bartonella infection

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-135

  Keynan, Yoav ^a   Yakirevitch, Evgeny ^a   Shusterman, Tali ^a   Alter Migdal, Erella ^a   Avidor, Boaz ^b   Weber, Gabriel ^a   Giladi, Michael ^b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BONE MARROW DISEASES; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCYTOPENIA; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33845916293     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46649-0     Document Type: Article

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