Meningitis due to a "Bartonella washoensis"-like human pathogen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2332-2335

  Probert, Will ^a   Louie, Janice K ^a   Tucker, James R ^a   Longoria, Rose ^a   Hogue, Robin ^a   Moler, Silvia ^a   Graves, Margot ^a   Palmer, Heather J ^b   Cassady, Joseph ^b   Fritz, Curtis L ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Yuba County Public Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA WASHOENSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENINGITIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; FLEAS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA WASHOENSIS; OROPSYLLA MONTANA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 67650087605     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00511-09     Document Type: Article

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