Cat scratch disease causing hepatic masses after liver transplant

Liver International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-148

  Thudi, Kavitha R ^a   Kreikemeier, Jeffrey T ^a   Phillips, Nancy J ^a   Salvalaggio, Paolo R ^a   Kennedy, Donald J ^a   Hayashi, Paul H ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch; Liver mass; Liver transplant

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DOXYCYCLINE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT REJECTION; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LETHARGY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SEROLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846403788     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2006.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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