Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (Sep 2017)

Chronic lymphadenopathy caused by a Brazilian strain of Bartonella henselae

  • Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho,
  • Marina Rovani Drummond,
  • Marcio Antonio Haro Adad,
  • Maria Letícia Cintra,
  • Stanley Sowy,
  • Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva Diniz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201759062
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 59, no. 0

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Bartonella henselae is a relevant causative agent of bartonelloses in humans. We described an immunocompetent patient with clinical manifestation of chronic cervical lymphadenopathy after a cat-scratch in her forearm. This case shows B. henselae infection persistence even after prolonged antibiotic treatment.

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