Bartonella-Associated Transverse Myelitis

Each year in the United States, 500 patients are hospitalized for cat-scratch disease, caused by Bartonella henselae infection. We report a case of rare but serious neurologic B. henselae infection. When typical features of cat-scratch disease occur with neurologic findings, Bartonella infection sho...

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Autores principales: Sendi, Parham, Hirzel, Cedric, Bloch, Andreas, Fischer, Urs, Jeannet, Natalie, Berlinger, Livia, Krestel, Heinz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322716
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161733
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author Sendi, Parham
Hirzel, Cedric
Bloch, Andreas
Fischer, Urs
Jeannet, Natalie
Berlinger, Livia
Krestel, Heinz
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description Each year in the United States, 500 patients are hospitalized for cat-scratch disease, caused by Bartonella henselae infection. We report a case of rare but serious neurologic B. henselae infection. When typical features of cat-scratch disease occur with neurologic findings, Bartonella infection should be suspected and diagnostic testing should be performed.
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spelling pubmed-53674122017-04-07 Bartonella-Associated Transverse Myelitis Sendi, Parham Hirzel, Cedric Bloch, Andreas Fischer, Urs Jeannet, Natalie Berlinger, Livia Krestel, Heinz Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Each year in the United States, 500 patients are hospitalized for cat-scratch disease, caused by Bartonella henselae infection. We report a case of rare but serious neurologic B. henselae infection. When typical features of cat-scratch disease occur with neurologic findings, Bartonella infection should be suspected and diagnostic testing should be performed. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5367412/ /pubmed/28322716 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161733 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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Sendi, Parham
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Bartonella-Associated Transverse Myelitis
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title_short Bartonella-Associated Transverse Myelitis
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topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367412/
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