Bartonella henselae-mediated disease in solid organ transplant recipients: Two pediatric cases and a literature review

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Rostad, C A ^a   McElroy, A K ^a   Hilinski, J A ^a   Thompson, M P ^b   Drew, C P ^c   Denison, A M ^c   Zaki, S R ^c   Mahle, W T ^a   Rogers, J ^a   Abramowsky, C R ^a   Shehata, B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillary angiomatosis; Bacillary peliosis; Bartonella henselae; Pediatric; Solid organ transplant

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFADROXIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 84867657565     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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