Chronic active myocarditis following acute Bartonella henselae infection (cat scratch disease)

Authors
Meininger, GR Nadasdy, T Hruban, RH Bollinger, RC Baughman, KL Hare, JA
Citation
Gr. Meininger et al., Chronic active myocarditis following acute Bartonella henselae infection (cat scratch disease), AM J SURG P, 25(9), 2001, pp. 1211-1214
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY
ISSN journal
01475185 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1211 - 1214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-5185(200109)25:9<1211:CAMFAB>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
An association between Bartonella infection and myocardial inflammation has not been previously reported. We document a case of a healthy young man wh o developed chronic active myocarditis after infection with Bartonella hens elae (cat scratch disease). He progressed to severe heart failure and under went orthotopic heart transplantation. Bartonella henselae, therefore, shou ld be included among the list of infectious agents associated with chronic active myocarditis.