Pulmonary nodules in an immunocompetent child with cat scratch disease

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Dec;32(12):1390-2. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000069.

Abstract

We describe an immunocompetent child with cat scratch disease and pulmonary nodules as part of her initial presentation. Although pulmonary manifestations have been reported with cat scratch disease, nodules are rare in the normal host.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Bartonella henselae / isolation & purification*
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / blood
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / pathology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / blood
  • Lung Diseases / microbiology*
  • Serologic Tests

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibodies, Bacterial