title: [Cat scratch disease as fever of unknown origin].
abstract: The cat scratch disease is a relatively rare disease caused by Bartonella henselae. Only a small proportion of the cases that described extranodal involvement occurs. We report a 11 year old male patient with persistent fever, liver and osteoarticular involvement with a predominance of dorsolumbar spine. Evolution was satisfactory with complete clinical and imaging evidenced recovery in several months of monitoring. Case was analyzed considering EAG published literature, emphasizing the need to include this condition in the differential diagnoses in patients with bone involvement suggestive of systemic disease.
authors.affiliation: División Clínica Pediátrica, Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Salomé
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santarcángelo
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sosa
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dondoglio
authors.forename: Lidia E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Navacchia
mesh_terms: D018416:Bartonella henselae; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male