Cat-scratch disease

American Family Physician

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-155

  Klotz, Stephen A ^a   Ianas, Voichita ^a   Elliott, Sean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PLACEBO;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PURPURA; SEROLOGY; ADULT; ANIMAL; CAT; CHILD; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; HUMANS;

EID: 79952257124     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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