A report of cat scratch disease in Korea confirmed by PCR amplification of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic region of Bartonella henselae

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-37

  Suh, Borum ^a   Chun, Jin Kyoung ^a   Yong, Dongeun ^a   Lee, Yang Soon ^a   Jeong, Seok Hoon ^a   Yang, Woo Ick ^a   Kim, Dong Soo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ANIMAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHADENITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77954854736     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2010.30.1.34     Document Type: Review

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