title: Pseudoinfectious mononucleosis: a presentation of Bartonella henselae infection.
abstract: Six children presented during one year with clinical features of infectious mononucleosis, but with laboratory findings of leucocytosis with neutrophilia, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and hypergammaglobulinaemia. Serology for Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, adenovirus, and Toxoplasma gondii was negative, while anti-Bartonella henselae IgM with high IgG titre (>/=1/1024) was present in all. All children had contact with kittens. No specific treatment was administered and all recovered.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina della Procreazione e dell'Età Evolutiva, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56100 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Massei
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massimetti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Macchia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maggiore
mesh_terms: D018416:Bartonella henselae; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000175:diagnosis*