Isolation of agent associated with cat scratch disease bacillus from pretibial biopsy.
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.
Hall
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GS
Department of Microbiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195-5140.
Pratt-Rippin
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K
Washington
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JA
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*