PubMed · 9305359
Cat-scratch encephalopathy.
Abstract
We present a case of cat-scratch disease in a 9-year-old girl, complicated by encephalopathy and seizures. Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea) henselae is the causative agent in cat-scratch disease; methods now available for detection of this pleomorphic, gram-negative bacterium, including polymerase chain reaction amplification and indirect fluorescence antibody testing, may lead to changes in standard criteria used to verify a diagnosis of cat-scratch disease.
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S W Wheeler, S M Wolf, E A Steinberg. 1997. Cat-scratch encephalopathy.. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.49.3.876
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