Seronegative cat-scratch disease diagnosed by PCR detection of Bartonella henselae DNA in lymph node samples

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-99

  Chondrogiannis, Konstantinos ^a   Vezakis, Antonios ^a   Derpapas, Michael ^a   Melemeni, Aikaterini ^a   Fragulidis, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENITIS; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REMISSION; SUPPURATIVE LYMPHADENITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SWELLING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856560329     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(12)70284-2     Document Type: Letter

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