title: Isolation of agent associated with cat scratch disease bacillus from pretibial biopsy.
abstract: We describe the isolation and cultural characteristics of a Gram-negative bacillus that is very similar to the presumed etiologic agent of cat scratch disease. The organism was isolated from a tibial lesion of a male patient who had been hospitalized for severe necrotizing pancreatitis. The significance of the isolate in this patient remains uncertain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195-5140.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pratt-Rippin
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Washington
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D013977:Tibia / Q000382:microbiology*