title: Isolation of Bartonella henselae DNA from the peripheral blood of a patient with cat scratch disease up to 4 months after the cat scratch injury.
abstract: We report the case of a girl with cervical lymphadenitis and a persistent primary lesion of cat scratch disease (CSD). Bartonella henselae DNA was isolated from plasma samples collected 3 and 4 months after the cat scratch, indicating that recurrent and long-term shedding of Bartonella DNA into peripheral blood may occur in typical CSD.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie, und Hygiene, Universität Rostock, Schillingallee 70, 18057 Rostock, Germany. mardjan.arvand@med.uni-rostock.de
authors.forename: Mardjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arvand
authors.forename: Susanne G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Schäd
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial