Disseminated Infection With Bartonella henselae in a Lung Transplant Recipient

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 736-739

  Lienhardt, Barbara ^a   Irani, Sarosh ^a   Gaspert, Ariana ^a   Weishaupt, Dominik ^a   Boehler, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAND; HIP PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIFAMPIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649132649     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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