CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE-ASSOCIATED WITH PLEURAL EFFUSIONS AND ENCEPHALOPATHY IN A CHILD

Authors
WHITMAN BW KRAFTEJACOBS B
Citation
Bw. Whitman et B. Kraftejacobs, CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE-ASSOCIATED WITH PLEURAL EFFUSIONS AND ENCEPHALOPATHY IN A CHILD, Respiration, 62(3), 1995, pp. 171-173
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Respiration → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257931
Volume
62
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
171 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7931(1995)62:3<171:CDWPEA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Cat-scratch disease has been associated with a variety of systemic man ifestations. We present a case of cat-scratch disease associated with bilateral pleural effusions and encephalopathy in a child. The particu lar combination of findings reported here may be more ubiquitous than formerly suspected and widen the clinical description of this conditio n.