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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Bartonella (Rochalimaea) henselae causes a variety of diseases, including bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatis, lymphadenitis, aseptic meningitis with bacteremia, and cat-scratch disease (CSD). Cases of B. henselae-related disease were collected from September 1991 through November 1993. Patients with suspected CSD, unexplained fever and lymphadenitis, or suspected B. henselae infection who were seen in the Infectious Diseases Clinic at Wilford Hall Medical Center (Lackland Air Force Base, TX) underwent physical and laboratory examinations. In addition to three previously described cases, 23 patients with R. henselae-related infection were identified. The patients included 19 immunocompetent individuals presenting with lymphadenitis (11), stellate neuroretinitis (5), Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome with retinitis (1), chronic fatigue syndrome-like disease (1), and microbiologically proven adenitis without the presence of immunofluorescent antibodies to B. henselae (1) and four patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 presenting with isolated lymphadenitis (1), diffuse upper-extremity adenitis (1), neuroretinitis (1), and aseptic meningitis (1). A couple with neuroretinitis and their pet cat, a persistently fatigued patient, and a patient with Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome were shown to have bacteremia. Tissue cultures were positive for B. henselae in three recent cases of adenitis. Twenty-two patients were exposed to cats. This series further demonstrates the similarities between B. henselae-related diseases and CSD and identifies several new syndromes due to B. henselae.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1058-4838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
352-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Bacteremia, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Bartonella henselae, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Cat Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Cat-Scratch Disease, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Cats, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Fundus Oculi, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Immunocompetence, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Lymphadenitis, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Meningitis, Aseptic, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Optic Neuritis, pubmed-meshheading:8562744-Retinitis
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Neuroretinitis, aseptic meningitis, and lymphadenitis associated with Bartonella (Rochalimaea) henselae infection in immunocompetent patients and patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases/PSMI, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas 78236-5300, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports