Bartonella henselae infection in a family experiencing neurological and neurocognitive abnormalities after woodlouse hunter spider bites

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mascarelli, Patricia E ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Hopkins, Sarah ^b   Mozayeni, B Robert ^c   Trull, Chelsea L ^a   Bradley, Julie M ^a   Hegarty, Barbara C ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Translational Medicine Group PC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Guillain Barre Syndrome; Neurological disease; PCR; Serology; Spiders

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

AMNESIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BARTONELLA ALPHA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; FATIGUE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SKIN DEFECT; WOODLOUSE; WOODLOUSE HUNTER SPIDER;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPIDERS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; ONISCIDEA;

EID: 84876120320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-98     Document Type: Article

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