Cat-scratch disease with severe pleuritis in a 6-year-old girl

Pediatr Int. 2015 Jun;57(3):501-3. doi: 10.1111/ped.12680.

Abstract

We present the case of a 6-year-old girl with cat-scratch disease (CSD), who developed severe pleuritis without lymphadenitis. Bartonella henselae DNA was detected on real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of whole blood. This is the first report of CSD diagnosed on real-time PCR using whole blood.

Keywords: Bartonella henselae; cat-scratch disease; pleuritis; real-time polymerase chain reaction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bartonella henselae / genetics
  • Bartonella henselae / isolation & purification*
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / complications*
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / microbiology
  • Child
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pleurisy / diagnosis
  • Pleurisy / etiology*
  • Pleurisy / microbiology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial