Unknown fever and back pain caused by bartonella henselae in a veterinarian after a needle puncture: A case report and literature review

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 589-591

  Lin, Jen Wei ^a   Chen, Chih Ming ^b   Chang, Chao Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back pain; Bartonella henselae; Needle puncture; Unknown fever

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLENOMEGALY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; VETERINARIANS;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE;

EID: 79957613015     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0217     Document Type: Article

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