An unusual outcome in a child with hepatosplenic cat-scratch disease

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 19-20, 2006, Pages 615-618

  Vukelić, Dalibor ^a   Benić, Branka ^a   Božinović, Dragomir ^a   Vuković, Branka ^a   Rode, Oktavija Dakovic ^a   Čulig, Zdravka ^a   Vuković, Jurica ^b   Batinica, Stipe ^b   Višnjić, Stjepan ^c   Puljiz, Ivan ^a  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Hepatosplenic; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN BIOPSY; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846308138     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0654-6     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Boyer KM (1998) Bartonella (cat scratch disease). In: Feigin RD, Cherry JD (eds) Textbook of pediatric infectious diseases, 3rd edn. Saunders, Philadelphia, pp 1512-1517
2. Krause R, Wenisch C, Reisinger EC (2003) Primary lesion of cat-scratch disease and inguinal cat-scratch disease. Wien Klin Wochenschr 115: 88
3. Bass JW, Vincent JM, Person DA (1997) The expanding spectrum of Bartonella infections: II. Cat-scratch disease. Pediatr Infect Dis 16: 163-179
4. Cox F, Perlman S, Sathyanarayana (1989) Splenic abscesses in cat scratch disease: sonographic diagnosis and follow-up. J Clin Ultrasound 17: 511-514
5. Arisoy ES, Correa AG, Wagner ML, Kaplan SL (1999) Hepatosplenic cat-scratch disease in children: selected clinical features and treatment. Clin Infect Dis 28: 778-784
6. Sander A, Posselt M, Bohm N, Ruess M, Altwegg M (1999) Detection of Bartonella henselae DNA by two different PCR assays and determination of the genotypes of strains involved in histologically defined cat scratch disease. J Clin Microbiol 37 (4): 993-937
7. Agan BK, Dolan MJ (2002) Laboratory diagnosis of Bartonella infections. Clin Lab Med 22: 937-962
8. Ridder GJ, Boedeker CC, Technau-Ihling K, Grunow R, Sander A (2002) Role of cat-scratch disease in lymphadenopathy in the head and neck. Clin Inf Dis 6: 643-649
9. Bass JW, Freitas BC, Freitas AD, et al (1998) Prospective randomized double blind placebo-controlled evaluation of azithromycin for treatment of cat-scratch disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J 17: 447-452
10. Dunn MW, Berkowitz FE, Miller JJ, Snitzer JA (1997) Hepatosplenic cat-scratch disease and abdominal pain. Pediatr Infect Dis J 16: 269-272
11. Mergileth AM (1992) Antibiotic therapy for cat-scratch disease: clinical study of therapeutic outcome in 268 patients and a review of the literature. Pediatr Infect Dis J 11: 474-478
12. Conrad DA (2001) Treatment of cat-scratch disease. Curr Opin Pediatr 13: 56-59
13. Bryant K, Marshall GS (2003) Hepatosplenic cat scratch disease treated with corticosteroids. Arch Dis Child 88: 345-346
14. Ghez D, Bernard L, Bayou E, Bani-Sadr F, Vallee C, Perronne C (2001) Bartonella henselae infection mimicking a splenic lymphoma. Scand J Infect Dis 33: 935-936
15. Murano I, Yoshii H, Kurashige H, Sugio Y, Tsukahara M (2001) Giant hepatic granuloma caused by Bartonella henselae. Pediatr Infect Dis J 20: 319-320
16. Mehanna D, Peck N, Arnot R, Solano T, Sheldon D (2000) Cat scratch disease presenting as splenic abscess. Aust NZ J Surg 70: 622-624
17. Gilad J, Wolak A, Borer A, et al (2003) Isolated splenic cat scratch disease in an immunocompetent adult woman. Clin Infect Dis 36: e10-13
18. Tappero JW, Koehler JE, Berger TG, et al (1993) Bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary splenitis in immunocompetent adults. Ann Intern Med 118: 363-365
19. Mulvany NJ, Billson VR (1993) Bacillary angiomatosis of the spleen. Pathology 25: 398-401