[Cat scratch disease: clinical characteristics in hospitalised children].
BACKGROUND
There are few communications as regards the epidemiology and clinical features of cat scratch disease (CSD) in Uruguayan children.


OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical features in hospitalised children at Pereira Rossell Children's Hospital with CSD.


METHODS
A descriptive, retrospective study between 01/01/04 and 12/31/08. Clinical features, treatment and evolution were analysed.


RESULTS
There were 15 hospitalised children. All had regional lymphadenitis, 8 had prolonged fever; 13 had liver and/or splenic involvement. No patient died or had sequelae.


CONCLUSIONS
It is important to search for this aetiology in children with prolonged fever and lymphadenitis. Abdominal ultrasound is an important diagnostic step.
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Departamento de Pediatría y Especialidades, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell, Montevideo, Uruguay. conrado.medici@gmail.com
García Gariglio
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Ferreira García
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Giachetto Larraz
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Gutierrez Bottino
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Pírez García
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D000293:Adolescent; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies