Beyond Cat Scratch Disease: A Case Report of Bartonella Infection Mimicking Vasculitic Disorder
Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a bacterial disease caused by Bartonella henselae and it is mainly characterized by self-limiting lymphadenopathy in the draining site of a cat scratch or bite. We report a patient with history of fever, swelling lymph nodes, vasculitic-like skin lesions, and positivity...
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| author | Amelia Spinella Federica Lumetti Gilda Sandri Valentina Cestelli Maria Teresa Mascia |
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| description | Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a bacterial disease caused by Bartonella henselae and it is mainly characterized by self-limiting lymphadenopathy in the draining site of a cat scratch or bite. We report a patient with history of fever, swelling lymph nodes, vasculitic-like skin lesions, and positivity of Bartonella serology initially considered as expression of a disimmune disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fb0dd8a9b5b947a7888f499ee50c1b8d2025-02-03T05:44:40ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332012-01-01201210.1155/2012/354625354625Beyond Cat Scratch Disease: A Case Report of Bartonella Infection Mimicking Vasculitic DisorderAmelia Spinella0Federica Lumetti1Gilda Sandri2Valentina Cestelli3Maria Teresa Mascia4Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41124 Modena, ItalyRheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41124 Modena, ItalyRheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41124 Modena, ItalyRheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41124 Modena, ItalyUnit of Malattie dell'Apparato Locomotore a Genesi Immunologica, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41124 Modena, ItalyCat scratch disease (CSD) is a bacterial disease caused by Bartonella henselae and it is mainly characterized by self-limiting lymphadenopathy in the draining site of a cat scratch or bite. We report a patient with history of fever, swelling lymph nodes, vasculitic-like skin lesions, and positivity of Bartonella serology initially considered as expression of a disimmune disease.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/354625 |
| spellingShingle | Amelia Spinella Federica Lumetti Gilda Sandri Valentina Cestelli Maria Teresa Mascia Beyond Cat Scratch Disease: A Case Report of Bartonella Infection Mimicking Vasculitic Disorder Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Beyond Cat Scratch Disease: A Case Report of Bartonella Infection Mimicking Vasculitic Disorder |
| title_full | Beyond Cat Scratch Disease: A Case Report of Bartonella Infection Mimicking Vasculitic Disorder |
| title_fullStr | Beyond Cat Scratch Disease: A Case Report of Bartonella Infection Mimicking Vasculitic Disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond Cat Scratch Disease: A Case Report of Bartonella Infection Mimicking Vasculitic Disorder |
| title_short | Beyond Cat Scratch Disease: A Case Report of Bartonella Infection Mimicking Vasculitic Disorder |
| title_sort | beyond cat scratch disease a case report of bartonella infection mimicking vasculitic disorder |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/354625 |
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