No evidence of Bartonella quintana but detection of Acinetobacter baumannii in head lice from elementary schoolchildren in Paris

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-477

  Bouvresse, Sophie ^a   Socolovshi, Cristina ^b   Berdjane, Zohra ^c   Durand, Rémy ^c   Izri, Arezki ^c   Raoult, Didier ^b   Chosidow, Olivier ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Bartonella quintana; France; Head lice; Paris; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CHILD; DNA SCREENING; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PEDICULUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CHILD; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; PARIS; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA QUINTANA; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS;

EID: 81255141884     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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