title: Transient paresis associated with cat-scratch disease: case report and literature review of vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Bartonella henselae.
abstract: Cat-scratch disease (CSD) rarely presents as vertebral osteomyelitis. We describe a case with paresis of the arm with total recovery after antibiotic and neurosurgical therapy. We reviewed 20 other cases of CSD vertebral osteomyelitis in the literature. This diagnosis should be considered in patients with systemic symptoms, back pain, and cat contact. The prognosis is generally good.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands. m.vermeulen@vumc.nl
authors.forename: Marijn J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vermeulen
authors.forename: Geert J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Rutten
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Verhagen
authors.forename: Marcel F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Peeters
authors.forename: Pieter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: van Dijken
mesh_terms: D018416:Bartonella henselae; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology*; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*