Transverse Myelitis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Cat-Scratch Disease, Texas, USA, 2011

We describe a case of coexisting transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome related to infection with Bartonella henselae proteobacterium and review similar serology-proven cases. B. henselae infection might be emerging as a cause of myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome and should be considered...

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Autores principales: Zakhour, Ramia, Mancias, Pedro, Heresi, Gloria, Pérez, Norma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30124417
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.180008
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description We describe a case of coexisting transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome related to infection with Bartonella henselae proteobacterium and review similar serology-proven cases. B. henselae infection might be emerging as a cause of myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome and should be considered as an etiologic factor in patients with such clinical presentations.
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spelling pubmed-61064132018-09-01 Transverse Myelitis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Cat-Scratch Disease, Texas, USA, 2011 Zakhour, Ramia Mancias, Pedro Heresi, Gloria Pérez, Norma Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We describe a case of coexisting transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome related to infection with Bartonella henselae proteobacterium and review similar serology-proven cases. B. henselae infection might be emerging as a cause of myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome and should be considered as an etiologic factor in patients with such clinical presentations. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6106413/ /pubmed/30124417 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.180008 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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title Transverse Myelitis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Cat-Scratch Disease, Texas, USA, 2011
title_full Transverse Myelitis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Cat-Scratch Disease, Texas, USA, 2011
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title_full_unstemmed Transverse Myelitis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Cat-Scratch Disease, Texas, USA, 2011
title_short Transverse Myelitis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Cat-Scratch Disease, Texas, USA, 2011
title_sort transverse myelitis and guillain-barré syndrome associated with cat-scratch disease, texas, usa, 2011
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106413/
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