Cat scratch disease heterogeneous in clinical presentation: Five unusual cases of an infection caused by bartonella henselae

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-78

  Weinspach, S ^a   Tenenbaum, T ^a,b   Schonberger S ^a   Schaper, J ^a   Engers, R ^a   Rueggeberg, J ^a   MacKenzie, C R ^a   Wolf, A ^a   Mayatepek, E ^a   Schroten, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Children; CSD; Lymphadenitis; Lymphadenopathy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFACLOR; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; GENTAMICIN; ISONIAZID; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE STUDY; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HILUS; LIVER INJURY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIOPSY; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77949896903     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1233488     Document Type: Article

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