Bartonella henselae in skin biopsy specimens of patients with Cat-Scratch Disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1963-1965

  Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Edouard, Sophie ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPULE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, BACTERIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 78649614213     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1612.100647     Document Type: Article

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