Human coinfection with Bartonella henselae and two hemotropic mycoplasma variants resembling Mycoplasma ovis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3782-3785

  Sykes, Jane E ^a   Lindsay, LeAnn L ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BETA1A INTERFERON; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA OVIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WHITE MATTER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERINARIANS;

BARTONELLA HENSELAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA OVIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77957808865     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01029-10     Document Type: Article

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