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12532216

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
Cat-Scratch Disease (CSD) is a benign lymphadenitis that may progress to severe or recurrent forms, and it is occasionally associated with morbidity. Between January of 1998 and March of 1999, forty-three suspected CSD patients were assessed in the Hospital Cayetano Heredia and the Instituto de Salud del Niño, in Lima, Peru. Twelve patients had a confirmed diagnosis, 8 of whom were women, and the mean age was 10 years old. The majority (53%) of the cases were encountered in the summer. All patients reported having had contact with cats. Fever, malaise, lymphadenopathy and skin lesions were the most frequent clinical features. Twelve patients had indirect immunofluorescence antibody test titers of between 1/50 and 1/800 for Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae. Two lymph node biopsies were histologically compatible with CSD. No positive blood cultures could be obtained. This is the first Peruvian prospective study able to identify B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae in pediatric patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-4665
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
325-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
A prospective study of Cat-Scratch Disease in Lima-Peru.
pubmed:affiliation
Alberto Hurtado School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't