Spontaneous onset of complex regional pain syndrome Type i in a woman infected with Bartonella koehlerae

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-107

  Vera, Cristina Pérez ^a,c   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Woods, Christopher W ^b   Mascarelli, Patricia E ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Neuropathogenesis; Pain; Spider; Veterinarian

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GABAPENTIN; NORTRIPTYLINE; RIFAMPICIN; TRAMADOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE INFECTION; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CYANOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGITIS; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MALAISE; MORNING DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER BITE; SWELLING; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84898057162     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-013-0320-3     Document Type: Article

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