Diagnosis and follow-up of Bartonella henselae infection in the spleen of an immunocompetent patient by real-time quantitative PCR

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART7, 2013, Pages 1081-1085

  Liberto, Maria Carla ^a   Matera, Giovanni ^a   Lamberti, Angelo G ^a   Quirino, Angela ^a   Barreca, Giorgio S ^a   Marascio, Nadia ^a   Baudi, Francesco ^a   Caroleo, Benedetto ^a   Staltari, Orietta ^a   Focà, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PRIMER DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN BATR; REGULATOR PROTEIN BQTR; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DNA EXTRACTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FINGER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLEEN; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 84879157969     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.050617-0     Document Type: Article

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