Bartonella henselae in Skin Biopsy Specimens of Patients with Cat-Scratch Disease

During the past 2 years, we identified live Bartonella henselae in the primary inoculation sites of 3 patients after a cat scratch. Although our data are preliminary, we report that a cutaneous swab of the skin lesion from a patient in the early stage of cat-scratch disease can be useful for diagnos...

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Autores principales: Angelakis, Emmanouil, Edouard, Sophie, La Scola, Bernard, Raoult, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21122232
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100647
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Sumario:During the past 2 years, we identified live Bartonella henselae in the primary inoculation sites of 3 patients after a cat scratch. Although our data are preliminary, we report that a cutaneous swab of the skin lesion from a patient in the early stage of cat-scratch disease can be useful for diagnosis of the infection.

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