Hallucinations, sensory neuropathy, and peripheral visual deficits in a young woman infected with Bartonella koehlerae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3415-3417

  Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Mascarelli, Patricia E ^a   Schweickert, Lori A ^b   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Hegarty, Barbara C ^a   Bradley, Julie M ^a   Woods, Christopher W ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3 C Family Services   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; QUETIAPINE; RIFAMPICIN; SPACER DNA;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BACKACHE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT STIFFNESS; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MUSCLE SPASM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL VISION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE;

EID: 80052256513     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00833-11     Document Type: Article

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