Multiorgan Involvement in Systemic Cat-Scratch Disease

Cat-scratch disease is considered in the differential diagnosis of benign regional lymphadenopathy. We describe a case of cat-scratch disease in a 12-year-old boy with multiple bony, hepatic and splenic lesions which resolved with chemotherapy. The present case with simultaneous multiorgan involveme...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1993, Vol.25 (1), p.145-148
Hauptverfasser:	Fretzayas, Andrew, Tapratzi, Polyxeni, Kavazarakis, Emmanuel, Sinaniotis, Constantine
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abscess - etiology Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Cat-Scratch Disease - complications Cat-Scratch Disease - diagnosis Cat-Scratch Disease - drug therapy Cefotaxime - therapeutic use Child Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Liver Abscess - etiology Male Medical sciences Miscellaneous Osteolysis - etiology Splenic Diseases - etiology Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
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Zusammenfassung:	Cat-scratch disease is considered in the differential diagnosis of benign regional lymphadenopathy. We describe a case of cat-scratch disease in a 12-year-old boy with multiple bony, hepatic and splenic lesions which resolved with chemotherapy. The present case with simultaneous multiorgan involvement supports the view of a systemic nature of the disease.
ISSN:	0036-5548 1651-1980
DOI:	10.1080/00365549309169684