Cat Got Your Spleen? Hepatosplenic Bartonella Infection

Bieraugel, Karen; Oehler, Drew; NeSmith, Meghan; Chiovaro, Joseph

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.11.003

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“…Lymph node biopsy is not indicated for most patients; it is appropriate in patients with an uncertain diagnosis 1 . Lymph node, liver, and bone marrow biopsies can show necrotizing granulomatous infiltration consistent with CSD 4 . Our patient’s biopsy revealed non‐necrotizing granulomas; however, the serological tests were positive, and our patient responded to CSD treatment.…”

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confidence: 53%

Is your diagnosis cat scratch disease, not lymphoma?

Türel

Demir

Cakir

et al. 2021

Pediatrics International

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confidence: 53%

Is your diagnosis cat scratch disease, not lymphoma?

Türel

Demir

Cakir

et al. 2021

Pediatrics International

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“…Combination therapy may minimize the possibility of bacteria becoming sequestered in the bone marrow, lymph nodes, and thymus. 4 Antibiotic choice, combination treatment, and treatment duration are all factors that make the management of atypical CSD a challenging topic that requires further study.…”

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Atypical Cat Scratch Disease With Hepatosplenic Involvement

Verma

Martin

Montero

2017

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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“…PCR NA. Serology positive NA 2 weeks and 1 month/NA (> 1 mo) Iv AZM (1.5 g total dose) and RIF300 mg twice daily for 3 weeks Case 5 [ 7 ] 2015 63 M Recurrent intermittent fevers and fatigue, weight loss, mild headaches, and arthralgias Multiple, hypodense hepatic, and splenic lesions. The largest measured 1.3 cm.…”

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Hepatosplenic Cat Scratch Disease: Description of Two Cases Undergoing Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Follow-Up and Systematic Literature Review

Tirotta

Mazzeo

Nizzoli

2021

SN Compr. Clin. Med.

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Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a disease usually characterized by self-limited lymphadenopathy of the young man. Rarely CSD, however, can manifest itself as an unusual hepatosplenic form (HS-CSD) in immunocompetent patients. HS-CSD diagnosis is generally based on clinical features, imaging, and serologies, but sensitivity of serologies is very variable, like that of other diagnostic methods, as Warthin-Starry silver stain and isthology. Also there are no specific markers for the follow-up. The use of the CEUS (abdominal contrast-enhanced ultrasound) in HS-CSD is not previously described in literature examined, but we think that CEUS can be of help to diagnosis and follow-up of these patients, even after an initial CT scan, because it is a sensitive method, as seen in other diseases associated with granulomas, such as sarcoidosis. We describe 2 new cases of HS-CSD, and we performed a systematic review of the clinical cases reported in the past 10 years in the literature associated to an analysis of clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of the disease.

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Cat Got Your Spleen? Hepatosplenic Bartonella Infection

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

Is your diagnosis cat scratch disease, not lymphoma?

Is your diagnosis cat scratch disease, not lymphoma?

Atypical Cat Scratch Disease With Hepatosplenic Involvement

Hepatosplenic Cat Scratch Disease: Description of Two Cases Undergoing Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Follow-Up and Systematic Literature Review

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