Prolonged Bartonella henselae bacteremia caused by reinfection in cats

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 152-154

  Arvand, Mardjan ^a   Viezens, Juliane ^a   Berghoff, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLONE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REINFECTION;

EID: 38049020204     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.070768     Document Type: Article

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