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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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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description 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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spelling pubmed-32945972012-03-08 Bartonella henselae in Skin Biopsy Specimens of Patients with Cat-Scratch Disease Angelakis, Emmanouil Edouard, Sophie La Scola, Bernard Raoult, Didier Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3294597/ /pubmed/21122232 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100647 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Angelakis, Emmanouil
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Bartonella henselae in Skin Biopsy Specimens of Patients with Cat-Scratch Disease
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title_full Bartonella henselae in Skin Biopsy Specimens of Patients with Cat-Scratch Disease
title_fullStr Bartonella henselae in Skin Biopsy Specimens of Patients with Cat-Scratch Disease
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title_short Bartonella henselae in Skin Biopsy Specimens of Patients with Cat-Scratch Disease
title_sort bartonella henselae in skin biopsy specimens of patients with cat-scratch disease
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294597/
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