Suspected needle stick transmission of Bartonella vinsonii subspecies berkhoffii to a veterinarian

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1229-1232

  Oliveira, A M ^a   Maggi, R G ^a   Woods, C W ^b   Breitschwerdt, E B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; VETERINARIANS; ZOONOSES;

BARTONELLA VINSONII;

EID: 77957916092     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0563.x     Document Type: Article

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