Evaluation of immunohistochemistry in identifying bartonella henselae in cat-scratch disease

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-256

  Caponetti, Gabriel C ^a   Pantanowitz, Liron ^a   Marconi, Sharon ^a   Havens, Jennifer M ^b   Lamps, Laura W ^b   Otis, Christopher N ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Cat scratch disease; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphadenopathy; Polymerase chain reaction; Steiner stain

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFALEXIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; BLOOD; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHADENITIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SILVER STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SILVER STAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849111838     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPMNULMO9GPLYU     Document Type: Article

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