Blood donor infected with Bartonella henselae

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-282

  Magalhaes R F ^a   Cintra, M L ^a   Barjas Castro, M L ^a   Del Negro, G M B ^b   Okay, T S ^b   Velho, P E N F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HETEROZYGOTE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD DONORS; CARRIER STATE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; ERYTHROCYTES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77954374737     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.01001.x     Document Type: Letter

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