First detection of the Anaplasma phagocytophilum groEL-A genotype in man

Journal of Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 300-305

  Haschke Becher, Elisabeth ^a   Bernauer, Rainer ^a   Walleczek, Anna Maria ^a   Apfalter, Petra ^b   Afazel Saeedi, Shahrzad ^a   Kraus, Joerg ^a   Ladurner, Gunther ^a   Strasser, Peter ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; GroESL operon; Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis; PCR genotyping

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; VIRUS ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN;

AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROEL A GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; HYPESTHESIA; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD; CHAPERONIN 60; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77952576113     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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