Spontaneous onset of complex regional pain syndrome Type I in a woman infected with Bartonella koehlerae

Spontaneous onset of complex regional pain syndrome Type I in a woman infected with Bartonella koehlerae

After a short-term fever, complex regional pain syndrome, characterized by hyperalgesia, intermittent swelling, erythema and cyanosis of both feet, was diagnosed in a female veterinarian. The woman was infected with Bartonella koehlerae and she was also Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii seroreac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Medical microbiology and immunology 2014-04, Vol.203 (2), p.101-107
Hauptverfasser: Vera, Cristina Pérez, Maggi, Ricardo G., Woods, Christopher W., Mascarelli, Patricia E., Breitschwerdt, Edward B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacteria
Bartonella - drug effects
Bartonella - genetics
Bartonella - isolation & purification
Bartonella Infections - drug therapy
Bartonella Infections - microbiology
Bartonella koehlerae
Bartonella vinsonii
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes - drug therapy
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes - microbiology
Female
Humans
Immunology
Insect bites
Medical Microbiology
Original Investigation
Pain
Spiders
Venom
Virology
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Zusammenfassung:After a short-term fever, complex regional pain syndrome, characterized by hyperalgesia, intermittent swelling, erythema and cyanosis of both feet, was diagnosed in a female veterinarian. The woman was infected with Bartonella koehlerae and she was also Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii seroreactive. Having failed other treatments, symptoms resolved following initiation of antibiotics.
ISSN:0300-8584
1432-1831
DOI:10.1007/s00430-013-0320-3