Detection of Bartonella henselae DNA using polymerase chain reaction assay in patient with cat scratch disease.

Hiroyuki Hara, Keiko Ito, Mari Akimoto, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Satoshi Asai and Soichi Maruyama Department of Dermatology, Division of Clinical Science, Medical Research Center, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan. E-mail: hhara@med.nihon-u.ac.jp Accepted September 2, 2002.

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