CAT-SCRATCH ENCEPHALOPATHY

Authors
WHEELER SW WOLF SM STEINBERG EA
Citation
Sw. Wheeler et al., CAT-SCRATCH ENCEPHALOPATHY, Neurology, 49(3), 1997, pp. 876-878
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
49
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
876 - 878
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1997)49:3<876:CE>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We present a case of cat-scratch disease in a 9-year-old girl, complic ated by encephalopathy and seizures. Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea) henselae is the causative agent in cat-scratch disease; methods now a vailable for detection of this pleomorphic, gram-negative bacterium, i ncluding polymerase chain reaction amplification and indirect fluoresc ence antibody testing, may lead to changes in standard criteria used t o verify a diagnosis of cat-scratch disease.