title: [Atypical presentation of hepatosplenic cat scratch disease in a 3-year-old child].
abstract: Cat scratch disease is caused by a facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacteria, Bartonella henselae. This disease is transmitted by cat scratches or bites. The typical form is a large and rough adenopathy, with no general signs. In a few cases, the symptoms are aspecific and various, which makes the diagnosis difficult. A 3-year-old child presented a prolonged fever with an aspecific skin eruption and hepatosplenic lesions seen 1 month after the beginning of the disease, which led to the diagnosis of hepatosplenic cat scratch disease. An adapted antibiotic therapy completely cured the disease.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, centre hospitalier de Troyes, 101, avenue Anatole-France, 10000 Troyes, France. emilie.boiron@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boiron
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jullien
mesh_terms: D018416:Bartonella henselae; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*