title: Cat-scratch disease encephalopathy.
abstract: We report five cases of cat-scratch disease encephalopathy (CSDE), with a brief review of the literature in English, in which only 96 patients of CSDE have been described up to the present. The Gram-negative bacilli demonstrated by Warthin-Starry or Dieterle silver stains are regarded as the causative agent of CSDE. Administration of antibiotics is recommended. The onset of CSDE is usually acute and the prognosis favorable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male