Isolation and characterization of Bartonella quintana from the parotid gland of an immunocompetent man

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 862-864

  Vitale, Giustina ^a   Incandela, Salvatore ^a   Incandela, Cinzia ^a   Micalizzi, Anna ^a   Mansueto, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEFLAZACORT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NIMESULIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRAPAROTID GRANULOMATOUS ABSCESSUAL LYMPHADENITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PAROTID GLAND; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID DISEASES; PAROTID GLAND; STEROIDS; TRENCH FEVER;

BARTONELLA QUINTANA;

EID: 62749092116     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01012-08     Document Type: Article

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