Article
Bartonella henselae: etiology of pulmonary nodules in a patient with depressed cell-mediated immunity.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jun 1995
Caniza M A, Granger D L, Wilson K H, Washington M K, Kordick D L, Frush D P, Blitchington R B
Abstract excerpt
We describe an immunocompromised renal transplantation patient with opportunistic lung infection due to Bartonella henselae (formerly Rochalimaea henselae) and provide evidence suggesting transmission from a pet cat. Computed tomographic scans of the chest and lung biopsies provided material for...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Bartonella henselae
- Base Sequence
- Cat-Scratch Disease
- Cats
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Kidney Transplantation
- Lung
- Lung Diseases
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
