Chest Imaging of a rare case of cat-scratch disease in a 2-years-old baby

Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is usually a self-limiting infection that in the majority of cases occurs as lymphadenitis in children who have been scratched or bitten by a cat. Rarely, Bartonella henselae is cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO), with dissemination to various organs, mimicking an infla...

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Autores principales: Enrica, Rossi, Anna, Perrone, Ubaldo, Bongini, Antonina, Marta Cangelosi, Sara, Sollai, Donatella, Narese, Claudio, Defilippi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30657130
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i4.6070
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Sumario:Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is usually a self-limiting infection that in the majority of cases occurs as lymphadenitis in children who have been scratched or bitten by a cat. Rarely, Bartonella henselae is cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO), with dissemination to various organs, mimicking an inflammatory rather than a lymphoproliferative disease. This manuscript will present a case of thoracic manifestations of CSD in an immunocompetent 2-years baby without history of cat contact, with fever of unknown origin, investigated by chest CT and MRI. (www.actabiomedica.it)

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