Cat-scratch disease encephalopathy: a cause of status epilepticus in school-aged children.
We describe 6 school-aged patients who presented with status epilepticus (SE) secondary to cat-scratch disease (CSD) encephalopathy to alert clinicians to this distinctive clinical entity. The hospital database for admissions during 1 year was reviewed for patients presenting with SE; 4 of 5 previously healthy school-aged children with SE had CSD encephalopathy based on elevated indirect fluorescent antibody titers to Bartonella henselae. CSD encephalopathy should be included in the differential diagnosis of school-aged children presenting with SE.
Armengol
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University of Virginia, Department of Pediatrics, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Hendley
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D000293:Adolescent; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000276:immunology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial