Asymptomatic persistent pulmonary infiltrates in an immunocompetent boy with cat-scratch disease

European Journal of Pediatrics
G L MarsegliaG R Burgio

Abstract

We describe here an immunocompetent boy with fever, regional adenopathy, multifocal hepatosplenic granulomas, and high and increasing serum antibody titers for Bartonella henselae in whom diffuse bilateral reticulonodular pulmonary infiltrates developed in the absence of respiratory symptoms.

Citations

Mar 11, 2010·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·Ankhi DuttaMorven S Edwards
Apr 12, 2008·Microbes and Infection·Rafael Martínez-GirónAndrés Ribas-Barceló
Aug 17, 2005·Infectious Disease Clinics of North America·Francesco MasseiGiuseppe Maggiore
Sep 14, 2013·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·Anuja BandyopadhyayBlanca E Gonzalez

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