Cat scratch disease with generalized bone lesions in an immunocompetent child

Jing Wang; Wenjuan Chen; Meng Wang; Qiang Mi; Lijun Bo; Congli Yuan; Qing Cao

doi:10.1080/22221751.2022.2127378

Emerging Microbes and Infections (Dec 2022)

Cat scratch disease with generalized bone lesions in an immunocompetent child

Jing Wang,
Wenjuan Chen,
Meng Wang,
Qiang Mi,
Lijun Bo,
Congli Yuan,
Qing Cao

Affiliations

Jing Wang: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Wenjuan Chen: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Meng Wang: School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Qiang Mi: Department of Hematology Oncology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Lijun Bo: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Congli Yuan: School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Qing Cao: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2022.2127378
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 2433 – 2436

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A 9-year-old immunocompetent girl with prolonged fever for 1 month was suspected of having a malignancy because of generalized bone abnormalities identified by MRI. Histopathology of liver tissues indicated the diagnosis of cat-scratch disease (CSD). Results of NGS, immunofluorescence and immunochemical assay confirmed the causative agent was Bartonella henselae. Paediatricians should increase their awareness of CSD as a cause for bone lesions, except for malignancy.

Published in Emerging Microbes and Infections

ISSN: 2222-1751 (Online)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/temi

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