Cat-scratch Disease Update

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and skull base osteomyelitis as manifestations of cat‐scratch disease in a pediatric patient: A case report and literature review

“…Bartonella osteoarticular infections are well‐recognized yet uncommon, and even rarer is skull involvement 8 . In the literature, bone involvement during CSD accounts for 0.17%–0.27% of all CSD cases and affects mostly children 2,9 ; 75% of cases are unifocal and affects the axial skeleton, such as the skull, sternum, ribs, spine, and pelvis 8,10 …”

Cat Scratch Disease: The First Case Report in Republic of North Macedonia

“…This is because fine needle aspiration has the lowest percent of accuracy compared to core and surgical biopsy in the diagnosis of soft tissue masses [22]. The bacilli can be demonstrated with silver staining (Warthin-Starry or Steiner method) [8,23] but unfortunately, this method was out of use in our microbiological laboratories. The inability to demonstrate granuloma formation, in our opinion, is the main downfall of this report.…”

Abcès du coude révélant la maladie des griffes du chat: à propos d’un cas

“…Après une période d'incubation de trois à dix jours, 60 à 93% des patients développent une lésion d'inoculation au niveau du site de griffure initiale. Il s'agit d'une papule ou d'une pustule, plus ou moins prurigineuse, mesurant 3 à 5 mm qui peut persister de quelques jours à quelques mois [ 5 ]. Deux à trois semaines après, apparaît une adénopathie dans le territoire de drainage lymphatique du site d'inoculation.…”