Bartonella: emerging pathogen or emerging awareness?

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-8

  Mogollon Pasapera, Elin ^a   Otvos Jr , Laszlo ^a   Giordano, Antonio ^a   Cassone, Marco ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Carrion's disease; Cat scratch disease; Epidemiology; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL VECTOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; BARTONELLOSIS; CARRION DISEASE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BOLIVIA; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; PERU; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57849120078     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.04.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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