Chronic vasculitis and polyneuropathy due to infection with Bartonella henselae

Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-109

  Stockmeyer, B ^a   Schoerner, C ^b   Frangou, P ^b   Moriabadi, T ^a   Heuss, D ^a   Harrer, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER; POLYNEUROPATHY; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SURAL NERVE; TOE; VASCULITIS; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADULT; ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; MALE; POLYNEUROPATHIES; RECURRENCE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 34047211745     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6021-3     Document Type: Article

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