Myocarditis due to bartonella henselae

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1186-

  Pipili, Chrisoula ^a   Katsogridakis, Konstantinos ^a   Cholongitas, Evangelos ^a  

^a General Hospital of Sitia   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; SKIN DEFECT; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ADULT; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 58149340576     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318182481c     Document Type: Letter

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