Cat-scratch disease with severe pleuritis in a 6-year-old girl
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Sasagu Kimura
Departments of Pediatrics
Correspondence: Sasagu Kimura, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorMasashi Yanagihara
Departments of Basic Laboratory Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorHidehiro Tsuneoka
Departments of Basic Laboratory Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorTakashi Ichiyama
Departments of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Tsudumigaura Medical Center for Children with Disabilities, Yamaguchi, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Sasagu Kimura
Departments of Pediatrics
Correspondence: Sasagu Kimura, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorMasashi Yanagihara
Departments of Basic Laboratory Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorHidehiro Tsuneoka
Departments of Basic Laboratory Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorTakashi Ichiyama
Departments of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Tsudumigaura Medical Center for Children with Disabilities, Yamaguchi, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
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.
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