Atypical manifestation of cat-scratch disease: isolated epigastric pain in an immunocompetent, 12-year-old child

We present a 12-year-old immunocompetent girl with hepato splenic cat-scratch disease (CSD). Her sole inaugural complaint was isolated epigastric pain. She fully recovered, with normalized abdominal CT scan following 2 weeks course of Azythromycin®. CSD should be included in differential diagnosis i...

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Autores principales: Kayemba-Kay’s, Simon, Kovács, Tamas, Rakotoharinandrasana, Iarolalao, Benosman, Sidi Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26273467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.304
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Sumario:We present a 12-year-old immunocompetent girl with hepato splenic cat-scratch disease (CSD). Her sole inaugural complaint was isolated epigastric pain. She fully recovered, with normalized abdominal CT scan following 2 weeks course of Azythromycin®. CSD should be included in differential diagnosis in children with epigastric pain, especially in those with domestic pets.

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