Low sensitivity of Bartonella henselae PCR in serum samples of patients with cat-scratch disease lymphadenitis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1049-1050

  Vermeulen, Marijn J ^a   Diederen, Bram M W ^b   Verbakel, Harold ^c   Peeters, Marcel F ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^c Regional Laboratory of Public Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SERUM;

BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 50249117216     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001024-0     Document Type: Letter

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