Systemic Bartonella henselae Infection in Immunocompetent Adult Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin

Systemic clinical presentations of infection caused by Bartonella henselae are rare in immunocompetent adults. We report four cases with hepatic and/or splenic involvement, presenting as fever of unknown origin. We discuss diagnosis and treatment of this infection. Bartonella henselae serology allow...

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Autor principal: Zenone, Thierry
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21629850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/183937
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description Systemic clinical presentations of infection caused by Bartonella henselae are rare in immunocompetent adults. We report four cases with hepatic and/or splenic involvement, presenting as fever of unknown origin. We discuss diagnosis and treatment of this infection. Bartonella henselae serology allows an easy diagnosis of hepatosplenic involvement in cat scratch disease, a clinical picture that appears to be underrecognized.
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spelling pubmed-30991942011-05-31 Systemic Bartonella henselae Infection in Immunocompetent Adult Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin Zenone, Thierry Case Rep Med Case Report Systemic clinical presentations of infection caused by Bartonella henselae are rare in immunocompetent adults. We report four cases with hepatic and/or splenic involvement, presenting as fever of unknown origin. We discuss diagnosis and treatment of this infection. Bartonella henselae serology allows an easy diagnosis of hepatosplenic involvement in cat scratch disease, a clinical picture that appears to be underrecognized. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3099194/ /pubmed/21629850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/183937 Text en Copyright © 2011 Thierry Zenone. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Systemic Bartonella henselae Infection in Immunocompetent Adult Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin
title Systemic Bartonella henselae Infection in Immunocompetent Adult Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin
title_full Systemic Bartonella henselae Infection in Immunocompetent Adult Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin
title_fullStr Systemic Bartonella henselae Infection in Immunocompetent Adult Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin
title_full_unstemmed Systemic Bartonella henselae Infection in Immunocompetent Adult Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin
title_short Systemic Bartonella henselae Infection in Immunocompetent Adult Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin
title_sort systemic bartonella henselae infection in immunocompetent adult presenting as fever of unknown origin
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21629850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/183937
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