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

Eur J Pediatr. 2001 Apr;160(4):260-1. doi: 10.1007/s004310000697.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bartonella henselae*
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis*
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases / microbiology*
  • Male