| Literature DB >> 9305359 |
S W Wheeler1, S M Wolf, E A Steinberg.
Abstract
We present a case of cat-scratch disease in a 9-year-old girl, complicated by encephalopathy and seizures. Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea) henselae is the causative agent in cat-scratch disease; methods now available for detection of this pleomorphic, gram-negative bacterium, including polymerase chain reaction amplification and indirect fluorescence antibody testing, may lead to changes in standard criteria used to verify a diagnosis of cat-scratch disease.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9305359 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.49.3.876
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910