[Three cases of bartonellosis (cat scratch disease)].
In the last years the number of Bartonella species has conspicuously increased, with better clinical and diagnostic definitions of the different related illnesses. We report, in the present article, 3 cases of cat-scratch disease, a particular bartonellosis mainly caused by Bartonella henselae which is transmitted by the cat. After an incubation period, cat-scratch disease clinically manifests as a regional lymphoadenitis, with the appearance of a small cutaneous lesion at the site of inoculation of the germ. The pathogenetic agent is susceptible to a number of antibacterial agents, such as penicillin, cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, macrolides, quinolones, trimethoprim combined with sulphamethoxazole and rifampicin. The prognosis is usually favorable.
Di Lorenzo
Gabriele
G
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e delle Patologie Emergenti, Università degli Studi di Palermo.
Rizzo
Manfredi
M
Mansueto
Pasquale
P
Falci
Calogero
C
Mazzola
Giuseppe
G
Affronti
Mario
M
Rini
Giovam Battista
GB
Mansueto
Serafino
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001473:Bartonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M