[Erythema nodosum and adenopathy in a 15-year-old boy: uncommon signs of cat scratch disease].
Erythema nodosum rarely occurs in childhood and can be caused by cat scratch disease, as a result of agent Bartonella henselae. We report the case of a teenager who presented erythema nodosum and bilateral inguinal adenitis. Cat scratch disease diagnosis was confirmed by anti-Bartonella henselae serologies. Despite an appropriate antibiotic therapy, evolution was unfavourable with adenitis abcédation requiring surgical drainage.


CONCLUSIONS
Erythema nodosum in children must let think to cat scratch disease among others etiologies.
Sarret
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Service des urgences médicochirurgicales pédiatriques, pédiatrie A, Hôtel-Dieu, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, boulevard Charles-de-Gaulle, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 01, France.
Barbier
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C
Faucher
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R
Lacombe
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P
Meyer
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M
Labbé
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A
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004322:Drainage; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000209:etiology*; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D012293:Rifampin