Molecular evidence of perinatal transmission of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and Bartonella henselae to a child

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2289-2293

  Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Farmer, Peter ^b   Mascarelli, Patricia E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; NYSTATIN;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALANCE DISORDER; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BERKHOFFII; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DYSPNEA; EAR INFECTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOOD ALLERGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENITAL PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INSOMNIA; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; IRRITABILITY; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MYALGIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESTLESSNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; TACHYCARDIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLOOD; BRAIN; CERVIX UTERI; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPLEEN;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII;

EID: 77952913429     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00326-10     Document Type: Article

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