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Detection of Rochalimaea henselae in Cat-Scratch Disease Skin Test Antigens
1 Oct 1993
Abstract excerpt
One of the diagnostic criteria for cat-scratch disease is a positive delayed-type hypersensitivity skin test reaction to an antigen prepared from purulent material aspirated from a cat-scratch disease-involved lymph node. Polymerase chain reaction coupled with DNA sequence analysis was used to identify organisms found in these skin test antigen preparations that may be responsible for eliciting this response. Two...
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