A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease
Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a self-limited zoonotic infection transmitted by felines caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Bartonella henselae. It usually presents with lymphadenopathy and constitutional symptoms that resolve within eight weeks, with, or without antibiotic treatment. The diagnosis i...
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| author | Sara López-Rueda Benjamin Valente-Acosta Adrian Murillo-Zolezzi Francisco Moreno-Sánchez Irma Hoyo-Ulloa Jesús Javier Baquera-Heredia |
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| description | Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a self-limited zoonotic infection transmitted by felines caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Bartonella henselae. It usually presents with lymphadenopathy and constitutional symptoms that resolve within eight weeks, with, or without antibiotic treatment. The diagnosis is made by serology, molecular diagnosis in a biopsy, or a positive culture. The recurrence or reactivation of B. henselae has rarely been reported. We present the case of a 45-year-old man with a history of CSD two years before who presented to the clinic with groin lymphadenopathy. The patient had a history of close contact with felines though no known risk exposure was reported. The diagnosis was made with a positive serology suggestive of recent infection along with histopathological changes suggestive of CSD. Subsequently, azithromycin was administered with complete resolution of symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f91d1d3423964770bd71d97b7bf6efc32025-02-03T01:29:42ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66332024-01-01202410.1155/2024/4411133A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch DiseaseSara López-Rueda0Benjamin Valente-Acosta1Adrian Murillo-Zolezzi2Francisco Moreno-Sánchez3Irma Hoyo-Ulloa4Jesús Javier Baquera-Heredia5The American British Cowdray Medical CenterThe American British Cowdray Medical CenterThe American British Cowdray Medical CenterThe American British Cowdray Medical CenterThe American British Cowdray Medical CenterThe American British Cowdray Medical CenterCat-scratch disease (CSD) is a self-limited zoonotic infection transmitted by felines caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Bartonella henselae. It usually presents with lymphadenopathy and constitutional symptoms that resolve within eight weeks, with, or without antibiotic treatment. The diagnosis is made by serology, molecular diagnosis in a biopsy, or a positive culture. The recurrence or reactivation of B. henselae has rarely been reported. We present the case of a 45-year-old man with a history of CSD two years before who presented to the clinic with groin lymphadenopathy. The patient had a history of close contact with felines though no known risk exposure was reported. The diagnosis was made with a positive serology suggestive of recent infection along with histopathological changes suggestive of CSD. Subsequently, azithromycin was administered with complete resolution of symptoms.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/4411133 |
| spellingShingle | Sara López-Rueda Benjamin Valente-Acosta Adrian Murillo-Zolezzi Francisco Moreno-Sánchez Irma Hoyo-Ulloa Jesús Javier Baquera-Heredia A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease |
| title_full | A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease |
| title_fullStr | A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease |
| title_short | A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease |
| title_sort | man in his forties with recurrent cat scratch disease |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/4411133 |
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