Pathogenicity and treatment of Bartonella infections

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-25

  Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bartonella spp.; Pathogenicity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANGIOPROLIFERATIVE LESION; BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS; BACILLARY PELIOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CANDIDATUS BARTONELLA ANCASHI; CARRION DISEASE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTRACELLULAR ERYTHROCYTE PARASITISM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PELIOSIS HEPATIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; REVIEW; TRENCH FEVER; ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOCARDITIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRULENCE;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDOCARDITIS; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84902543153     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.04.006     Document Type: Review

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