title: Spontaneous onset of complex regional pain syndrome Type I in a woman infected with Bartonella koehlerae.
abstract: After a short-term fever, complex regional pain syndrome, characterized by hyperalgesia, intermittent swelling, erythema and cyanosis of both feet, was diagnosed in a female veterinarian. The woman was infected with Bartonella koehlerae and she was also Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii seroreactive. Having failed other treatments, symptoms resolved following initiation of antibiotics.
authors: Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
authors: Cristina Pérez
authors: CP
authors: Vera
authors: Ricardo G
authors: RG
authors: Maggi
authors: Christopher W
authors: CW
authors: Woods
authors: Patricia E
authors: PE
authors: Mascarelli
authors: Edward B
authors: EB
authors: Breitschwerdt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001473:Bartonella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents