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A prospective study of Cat-Scratch Disease in Lima-Peru

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dc.contributor.author Huarcaya, Erick
dc.contributor.author Maguiña Vargas, Ciro
dc.contributor.author Merello, Jenny
dc.contributor.author Cok, J.
dc.contributor.author Birtles, R.
dc.contributor.author Infante, Berónica
dc.contributor.author Vidal, J.
dc.contributor.author Tello, Afilio
dc.contributor.author Ventosilla, Palmira
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T19:54:09Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T19:54:09Z
dc.date.issued 2002
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12446
dc.description.abstract Cat-Scratch Disease (CSD) is a benign lymphadenitis that may progress to severe or recurrent forms, and it is occasionally associated with morbidity. Between January of 1998 and March of 1999, forty-three suspected CSD patients were assessed in the Hospital Cayetano Heredia and the Instituto de Salud del Niño, in Lima, Peru. Twelve patients had a confirmed diagnosis, 8 of whom were women, and the mean age was 10 years old. The majority (53%) of the cases were encountered in the summer. All patients reported having had contact with cats. Fever, malaise, lymphadenopathy and skin lesions were the most frequent clinical features. Twelve patients had indirect immunofluorescence antibody test titers of between 1/50 and 1/800 for Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae. Two lymph node biopsies were histologically compatible with CSD. No positive blood cultures could be obtained. This is the first Peruvian prospective study able to identify B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae in pediatric patients. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
dc.relation.ispartofseries Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Cat-scratch disease en_US
dc.subject Bartonella en_US
dc.subject Emerging diseases en_US
dc.title A prospective study of Cat-Scratch Disease in Lima-Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652002000600006
dc.relation.issn 1678-9946


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