Cat scratch disease complicated with aseptic meningitis and neuroretinitis

Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a self limited condition characterized by fever, lymph node enlargement and less often eye involvement. Central nervous system involvement by Bartonella henselae infection is possibly an important cause of morbidity; its role as an agent of aseptic meningitis is unknown....

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Main Authors: Vitor Laerte Pinto Jr., André Land Curi, Adriana da Silva Pinto, Estevão Portela Nunes, Maria de Lourdes Benamor Teixeira, Tatiana Rozental, Alexsandra Rodrigues Favacho, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Márcio Neves Bóia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000200013&lng=en&tlng=en