Severe anemia, panserositis, and cryptogenic hepatitis in an HIV patient infected with Bartonella henselae

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 373-377

  Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira ^a,d   Pimentel, Vanessa ^a   Negro, Gilda Maria Barbaro Del ^b   Okay, Thelma Suely ^b   Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto De Paiva ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward Bealmear ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cidade Universitaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bartonella henselae; Hepatitis; Liver transplantation; Serositis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEVER; GENE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANSEROSITIS; PAPULE; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA SP.;

EID: 37549041009     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120701696601     Document Type: Article

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