A groundhog, a novel Bartonella sequence, and my father's death

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2080-2086

  Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Cadenas, Maria Belen ^a   Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto De Paiva ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; BONE PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FATALITY; FEMUR FRACTURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 73949135670     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.AD1512     Document Type: Review

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