Bartonella species bacteremia in two patients with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4006-4012

  Mascarelli, Patricia E ^a   Iredell, Jonathan R ^b   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Weinberg, Guy ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; IODINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BLOOD CULTURE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPORATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; EYE PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INSECT BITE; INSOMNIA; IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION; IRRITABILITY; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARESTHESIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE;

EID: 80355137188     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05527-11     Document Type: Article

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