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Chronic lymphadenopathy caused by a Brazilian strain of Bartonella henselae

Bartonella henselae is a relevant causative agent of bartonelloses in humans. We described an immunocompetent patient with clinical manifestation of chronic cervical lymphadenopathy after a cat-scratch in her forearm. This case shows B. henselae infection persistence even after prolonged antibiotic...

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Autores principales: Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira, Drummond, Marina Rovani, Adad, Marcio Antonio Haro, Cintra, Maria Letícia, Sowy, Stanley, Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28876415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201759062
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author Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira
Drummond, Marina Rovani
Adad, Marcio Antonio Haro
Cintra, Maria Letícia
Sowy, Stanley
Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva
author_facet Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira
Drummond, Marina Rovani
Adad, Marcio Antonio Haro
Cintra, Maria Letícia
Sowy, Stanley
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description Bartonella henselae is a relevant causative agent of bartonelloses in humans. We described an immunocompetent patient with clinical manifestation of chronic cervical lymphadenopathy after a cat-scratch in her forearm. This case shows B. henselae infection persistence even after prolonged antibiotic treatment.
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spelling pubmed-55870322017-09-11 Chronic lymphadenopathy caused by a Brazilian strain of Bartonella henselae Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Drummond, Marina Rovani Adad, Marcio Antonio Haro Cintra, Maria Letícia Sowy, Stanley Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Case Report Bartonella henselae is a relevant causative agent of bartonelloses in humans. We described an immunocompetent patient with clinical manifestation of chronic cervical lymphadenopathy after a cat-scratch in her forearm. This case shows B. henselae infection persistence even after prolonged antibiotic treatment. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2017-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5587032/ /pubmed/28876415 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201759062 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira
Drummond, Marina Rovani
Adad, Marcio Antonio Haro
Cintra, Maria Letícia
Sowy, Stanley
Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva
Chronic lymphadenopathy caused by a Brazilian strain of Bartonella henselae
title Chronic lymphadenopathy caused by a Brazilian strain of Bartonella henselae
title_full Chronic lymphadenopathy caused by a Brazilian strain of Bartonella henselae
title_fullStr Chronic lymphadenopathy caused by a Brazilian strain of Bartonella henselae
title_full_unstemmed Chronic lymphadenopathy caused by a Brazilian strain of Bartonella henselae
title_short Chronic lymphadenopathy caused by a Brazilian strain of Bartonella henselae
title_sort chronic lymphadenopathy caused by a brazilian strain of bartonella henselae
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28876415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201759062
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