Familial occurrence of cat-scratch disease, with varying clinical expression

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 728-730

  Song, Alice Tung Wan ^a,b   Gory, Marion ^b   Roussi, Jaqueline ^c   Salomon, Jerome ^b   Cremieux, Anne Claude ^b   Perronne, Christian ^b   Bernard, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PRISTINAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; KITTEN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NIGHT SWEAT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34547505621     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701199840     Document Type: Article

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