Abstract
During the past 2 years, we identified live Bartonella henselae in the primary inoculation sites of 3 patients after a cat scratch. Although our data are preliminary, we report that a cutaneous swab of the skin lesion from a patient in the early stage of cat-scratch disease can be useful for diagnosis of the infection.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Bartonella henselae / genetics
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Bartonella henselae / isolation & purification*
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Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis*
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Cat-Scratch Disease / microbiology
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Cat-Scratch Disease / pathology
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Cats
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Cells, Cultured
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DNA, Bacterial / analysis
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Early Diagnosis
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Humans
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Male
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Protein Array Analysis
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Skin / microbiology*
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Skin / pathology