Encephalitis associated with cat scratch disease--Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Florida, 1994.
On August 14, 1994, the Broward County Public Health Unit of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was notified of three children from Pompano Beach who were hospitalized with encephalitis attributed to cat scratch disease (CSD). All three children (aged 5, 6, and 11 years) were previously healthy and had no histories of seizure disorders or diagnoses of CSD. This report summarizes the investigation of these cases.
D018416:Bartonella henselae; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male