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Cat scratch disease in a 8-year-old boy – a case report [PDF]
Cat scratch disease is a rare infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Bartonella henselae. Most often, it affects children and adolescents.
Kamila Pawłowska-Iwanicka +2 more
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Approximately 24,000 people are infected with cat scratch disease (CSD) every year. CSD is caused by the bacteria Bartonella henselae, a gram-negative bacteria most often transmitted to humans through a bite or scratch from an infected cat or kitten. Although CSD is often a benign and self-limiting condition, it can affect any major organ system in the
V, Bozhkov +5 more
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Cat-scratch Disease with Parinaud's Oculoglandular Syndrome [PDF]
Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is one of the most common causes of infectious cervicofacial lymphadenopathies in children, adolescents, and young adults. With this case report, we highlight the wide spectrum of atypical manifestations of CSD in an elderly ...
Ana Sousa Menezes +2 more
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Systemic cat scratch disease (CSD) is often associated with prolonged fever and microabscesses in the liver and/or spleen. We report a case of systemic CSD with hepatic, splenic and renal involvement in an aboriginal child in Taiwan. A previously healthy
Hui-Min Liao +4 more
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Bartonella henselae DNA in Seronegative Patients with Cat-Scratch Disease
We used real-time PCR to detect Bartonella henselae DNA in 7.9% (5/63) of blood specimens from seronegative patients in Japan suspected of having cat-scratch disease.
Masashi Yanagihara +7 more
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Cat Scratch Disease: The Story Continues [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To present a perspective on the current state of knowledge of cat scratch disease (CSD), including the evidence for Bartonella henselae as the etiological agent, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the disease, available diagnostic
Mary Anne Opavsky
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Neurologic Complications of Cat-Scratch Disease
An 8 year-old girl hospitalized with cat-scratch disease and recurrent generalized tonic-clonic seizures is reported from the Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
J Gordon Millichap
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Diverse Clinical Signs of Ocular Involvement in Cat Scratch Disease
Objectives: To describe ocular manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of cat scratch disease. Materials and Methods: Clinical records of patients with ocular cat scratch disease were reviewed.
Merih Oray +3 more
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Cat Scratch Disease and Epilepsia Partialis Continua
An 18-year-old female young adult with seizures associated with cat scratch disease is reported from Norwalk Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, CT.
J Gordon Millichap
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Seasonality of Cat-Scratch Disease, France, 1999–2009 [PDF]
Cat-scratch disease is seasonal in the United States and Japan; but no data are available from Europe. To assess the seasonality of the disease in France, we analyzed lymph node biopsy specimens collected during 1999–2009.
Diane Sanguinetti-Morelli +5 more
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