Clinical implication of prolonged fever in children with cat scratch disease

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 227-233

  Tsujino, Kumiko ^a   Tsukahara, Masato ^a   Tsuneoka, Hidehiro ^b   Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^a   Furuya, Tomoko ^a   Kawauchi, Shigeto ^a   Oga, Atsunori ^a   Sasaki, Kohsuke ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagato General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Children; Fever of unknown origin; Lymphadenopathy; Systemic complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER GRANULOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 4644283089     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-004-0320-8     Document Type: Article

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