Bartonella henselae infections in solid organ transplant recipients: Report of 5 cases and review of the literature

Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-121

  Psarros, Georgios ^a   Riddell, James ^a   Gandhi, Tejal ^a   Kauffman, Carol A ^a   Cinti, Sandro K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLOSIS; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; STAINING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84857809437     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0b013e31824dc07a     Document Type: Review

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