Peliosis hepatis in cats is not associated with bartonella henselae infections

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-166

  Buchmann, A U ^a   Kempf, V A J ^b   Kershaw, O ^a   Gruber, A D ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bartonella adhesin A; Bartonella henselae; Feline; Immunohistochemistry; Liver; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Peliosis hepatis

Indexed keywords

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; GENETICS; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PELIOSIS HEPATIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; HUMANS; LIVER; PELIOSIS HEPATIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77949681430     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985809354347     Document Type: Article

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