Evaluation of an in-house cat scratch disease IgM ELISA to detect Bartonella henselae in a routine laboratory setting

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-152

  Herremans, M ^a   Bakker, J ^a   Vermeulen, M J ^b   Schellekens, J F P ^c   Koopmans, M P G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratory for Infectious Diseases   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 59449088031     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0601-8     Document Type: Article

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