Visceral involvement in an immunocompetent male: A rare presentation of cat scratch disease

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 160-162

  van der Veer Meerkerk, M ^a   van Zaanen, H C T ^a  

^a SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Spleen; Visceral

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN INJURY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 42649112437     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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